Best Practices in Preventing Human Trafficking

According to humantrafficking.org, poverty and lack of economic opportunity make women and children potential victims of traffickers associated with international criminal organizations. They are vulnerable to false promises of job opportunities in other countries. Many of those who accept these offers from what appear to be legitimate sources find themselves in situations where their documents are destroyed, their selves or their families threatened with harm, or they are bonded by a debt that they have no chance of repaying.

While women and children are particularly vulnerable to trafficking for the sex trade, human trafficking is not limited to sexual exploitation. It also includes persons who are trafficked into 'forced' marriages or into bonded labor markets, such as sweat shops, agricultural plantations, or domestic service.

Nigeria Lauded for Anti-Gay Law

Countries in Africa did not try to impose their standards on other countries neither did they compel other countries to adopt their peculiar customs. They choose to live according to what most of them think conforms to their ideals, morals and cultural beliefs as regulated by their laws.

Hence, it would be too colonial to say that laws in Africa are wrong. Just because they don't give in to what minorities are demanding in other countries does not justify ostracizing their leaders.

Gov. Tallado Did Not Confirm Nor Deny

Is Camarines Norte Governor Edgardo "Egay" Tallado the person in the sex photos that flooded the social networking sites or not? This was the question that the governor failed to answer when he issued an ‘apology’ to his constituents.

The governor’s lawyer tried to defend his statements, but ended up making it more difficult not to believe that it was really the Tallado who was in that picture.

After Anti-Gay Constitution, Zimbabwe's HDI Increased

If international reports and assessments are to be believed, the levels in human development are actually rising, according to the latest Human Development Index (HDI). These results were included in the 2014 Human Development Report entitled, “Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience.”

Published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the report added that the lower human development groups appear to be improving at a higher rate – grounds for optimism that the gap between higher and lower human development groups is narrowing.

Outdoor Preservation Partnership with TLUSA

Trail Life USA (TLUSA) takes another major step in building its outdoor adventure program by announcing a partnership with Tread Lightly!. Together, Tread Lightly! and TLUSA will promote outdoor education, awareness, and habitat restoration projects that will preserve wilderness lands and teach environmentally friendly practices for all outdoor activities.

"Our partnership will teach outdoor stewardship and provide lasting benefits to our communities," said Mark Hancock, Chief Operating Officer of TLUSA. "'To be a good steward of creation’ is a key tenet of our Trailman Oath."