UN Member States appraise Global Action Plan to combat human trafficking. Photo: Mark Garten/UN

Interview with Heike Rabe, Policy Advisor at the German Institute for Human Rights (Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte)

The UN calls for a global fight against human trafficking. In Germany, the focus lies on forced prostitution.* In an interview by Ute Welty for German news service tagesschau.de, lawyer Heike Rabe laments the lack of reliable data. She doesn’t think much of plans to tighten the prostitution law.

Please note that the copyright for this interview lies with tagesschau.de and is not licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Who falls victim to human trafficking? Is it predominantly a matter of so-called forced prostitution?

Where human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation is concerned, it is noticeable that the percentage of women coming from EU countries is increasing. That’s because the EU is steadily growing. These are…

YouTube Video: Sarah Barielles BRAVE

Listen to the beautiful words and voice from Sarah Barielles.  You need to be brave to respect and understand these rights we all have but sometimes forget.  Watch the video.  I think it is very inspiring.

Today I decided to change up just a little. I normally would post an inspirational quote. Today, however, I have something special I would like to post related to an inspirational quote.

When my husband and I were in therapy my therapist gave me a list of “Basic Human Rights”. I found this list to be very helpful and encouraging to me. It helped me understand what my rights were as a woman, mother, wife and business person. I will share these right with you today.

These rights are not specific to any gender. It is the rights we all have and they are something we need to remember…

YouTube Video: Sarah Barielles BRAVE

Listen to the beautiful words and voice from Sarah Barielles.  You need to be brave to respect and understand these rights we all have but sometimes forget.  Watch the video.  I think it is very inspiring.

Today I decided to change up just a little. I normally would post an inspirational quote. Today, however, I have something special I would like to post related to an inspirational quote.

When my husband and I were in therapy my therapist gave me a list of “Basic Human Rights”. I found this list to be very helpful and encouraging to me. It helped me understand what my rights were as a woman, mother, wife and business person. I will share these right with you today.

These rights are not specific to any gender. It is the rights we all have and they are something we need to remember…

With the U.S. budget and financial issues being as dismal as they are, the Pentagon is preparing to cut billions of dollars from its budget, reducing military spending, forces and weapons program.   The cuts, according to NBC will put American military forces to its lowest level  prior to World War II.

The budget cuts will come at a price according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel:  “As a consequence of large budget cuts, our future force will assume additional risk in certain areas,” Hagel said, citing gaps in training and maintenance and a smaller force that would be stretched thin if major conflicts broke out in several places at once.

I thought we were already stretched pretty thin.   Talk about a nation that sacrifices for the well-being of other nations.  We give up so much that our own security is of greater risk.  This can only place…

Fell asleep awhile

On the bench in the temple woods

Sudden sound of the bell

lost in time
i float

forever searching
for my home

neither past,
nor present,
nor future
embrace me

all turn
and drift away

forever searching
for my home

i turn
and drift away

by cody mccullough

Photo by Elizabeth McCullough

Every week I want to share an amazing blogger with you all, so you can check out their blogs and maybe make some new friends!

All of these bloggers have amazed me with their art, kind heart, friendship and skills.

You ready? Here we go!

Meet Eric

–> http://hunt4truth.wordpress.com/ <–

A little about Eric

I began blogging here in July, 2013 — I spend a lot more time blogging these days, at WordPress, since there is a terrific diversity here of ideas and because the community is supportive.  It’s nice to get to know some new friends — thanks new friends!  My focus here will reflect what I do most often with my time. I am a teacher. Most people are visual learners, so I take some time usually to find a video or two that fit with my topics.

I am also a mentor and I work to develop…

Hey everyone,

As you might know, I have published my own poetry book ‘My Wings’ in April this year.

This collection contains 111 poems divided into two parts: My Dark Wings & My Light Wings.

Part 1 My Dark Wings is a collection of dark poetry describing some very recognizable emotions like: grief, fear, frustration, melancholy, depression, but also the strength and courage to battle on no matter what.

Part 2: My Light Wings is a collection of light poetry containing motivation, love, support and the will to enjoy life.

This poetry book is illustrated with some amazing black & white photographic artwork.

You can find more information about the paperback version of this book right HERE.

Very soon I will be releasing the EBook version of this book as well.

So keep an eye out for it! 🙂

Below you will find one of the poems from my poetry book…

Never angry.  Only filled with love for you, my honey.

If it were in my power, I’d make changes in your life that would wipe away all the troubles.  Like a magician waving his magic wand.  And POOF!  All would be sunny and bright again.

🙂