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Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)

There is an enormous international problem with women being lured or even kidnapped from their home countries into situations where they are deprived of their freedom and right to choose and made to become prostitutes, work at hard labour, marry against their will, and other forms of servitude and deprivation of liberty. GAATW is an international organization with headquarters in Thailand. Its mission is to co-ordinate the efforts of its 85 member organizations throughout the world in their efforts to decrease and even stop the practice of trafficking in women. As I learn more about this problem I will post about it. Here is the website so you can go to it and learn more - http://www.gaatw.net/index.php

I TAKE YOUR PAIN: A MEDITATION

I take your pain from my heart,
gently set it upon a broad leaf
smooth on tranquil water.
I watch the leaf float free
on mirrors,
drifting a tunnel of dark branches
and bright green leaves.

I pour your tears
into my cupped hands,
precious liquid gems (your adornment).
I kneel until the water
meets water and your tears
follow the River's course
to join the encircling sea.