Now that I have this safe and new and amazing life, my awareness has grown beyond day-to-day basic survival.
I see and read stories that inspire or confuse or bewilder or distress me in a way that has always drawn my attention, but for which I could spare no energy.

It is not that I am disconnected to the world.
One of the ways that I survived is by seeking outside interests and volunteering as much as possible, within the constraints of that old life.

I feel a need to comment on these renewed connections, although they are not essential to my continuing health, recovery and just plain general forward movement in my life.

Or, perhaps they are.

So, anyway, CoolCat suggested a new blog.
He is rarely wrong, so here goes...something.

Human Rights

Take note.

If you are raped in Dubai, and you are bold enough to report it to the police, you will be convicted of having sex outside of marriage and be sentenced to 16 months in jail.

World News on NBCNEWS.com
Norwegian woman fighting jail sentence in Dubai for reporting rape
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/21/19596546-norwegian-woman-fighting-jail-sentence-in-dubai-for-reporting-rape?lite=
If you live in and help run Afghanistan, you are so thrilled to accept $200Million in U.S. funding to support women's rights, your next step is to support northern clerics in their resumption of  suppression and restrictions of rights on those same women.


Reuter's - US Edition
Taliban-style edict for women spreads alarm in Afghan district
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/20/us-afghanistan-edict-idUSBRE96J02220130720
 
Powerful voices, backed with positive action, address the opposition of women and girls in the developing world.   Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn are the movers of this work, sexual slavery and mutilation, economic instability, personal and health rights, and more.
Truth is that all of these issues exist in every country on the planet.  Learning about these problems is only the first step.

Women Hold Up Half The Sky
http://www.halftheskymovement.org/

 
Human rights violations happen every day.  Again, learning is only the first step.

 Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
Amnesty International
http://www.amnesty.org/ 

Children's Defense Fund
 http://www.childrensdefense.org/

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
http://www.naacp.org/

Simon Wiesenthal Center
http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=6212365

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

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