The Fight of My Life
**WINNER of Australian Podcast Awards: "Best New Podcast 2023"** **WINNER of Shorty Impact Award: "By Content (Human Rights) 2023"** **GOLD HONOR (2nd place) in Shorty Impact Awards: "Best Podcast"** **FINALIST of Australian Podcast Awards: "Best True Crime Podcast" & "Best Documentary",** **FINALIST in Anthem Awards: Humanitarian Action & Services** ---- "Finding Ruby", the first season of The Fight of My Life is a 6-part immersive true-crime tale. Join Ruby on her remarkable true story; a journey from the protection of the mountains to the nightmare of an online sex-trafficking den, from the heat of the courtroom to the cool of the aftercare shelter, from fear to freedom, from captivity to restoration. From being lost to being truly found. Through in depth interviews with International Justice Mission (IJM) personnel, police, experts in the law, and experts on the ground, listeners are given an backstage pass to see just what is involved in a rescue operation of this sort, what it takes to fight for justice, and how we can all play a part in stopping this crime hidden in plain sight. Finding Ruby tackles the hard issues and questions head on: just who are these perpetrators of OSEC, and why do they do what they do? Is OSEC a crime of poverty? What is the role of technology in all this? Is there a solution, in our time? Make no mistake, this isn’t a story of a victim, but one of a fierce survivor. Today, Ruby is a leader, an advocate, and a woman with a story and a mission. Ruby has words to say to us all. And we need to listen. One thing is for sure, by the end of Finding Ruby you won’t think the same way about the world we live in… or those who fight to make it better. *The online sexual exploitation of children
Episodes
"Finding Ruby", the first season of The Fight of My Life premieres on September 5th. Join Ruby on her remarkable true story; a journey from the protection of the mountains to the nightmare of an online sex-trafficking den, from the heat of the courtroom to the cool of the aftercare shelter, from fear to freedom, from captivity to restoration.
From being lost to being truly found
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"Piece by piece, the layers of protection around Ruby are pulled away. It is into this space that the message arrives on Facebook."
It all begins with a greeting from an unknown woman over Facebook, offering sixteen year-old Ruby a job in a computer shop.
Full of hopes and expectations of a better life, and wanting to escape from the pain of her very recent past, Ruby journeys across the sea to the cit...
Ruby is caught in the online sex trafficking den. The days are gruelling but she is determined to escape.
When Ruby arrives at the house in Pampanga, the lady who first reached out to her is nowhere to be seen.
The next morning, she comes face to face with her ‘boss,’ Nadine. Ruby tells her immediately that she wants to get out. Nadine explains that Ruby must work to pay back her travel costs. But there’s a cat...
"Who exactly is on the other side of the webcam? We come face to face with the kind of men exploiting Ruby. "
Just who are these perpetrators who commit this heinous crime, and why? This episode opens a little differently: from the point of view of an overseas perpetrator. If we want to combat this crime, we need to understand something about those who commit it.
We rejoin Ruby as she attempts for the fi...
"Light breaks into the darkness. A painstaking investigation leads to the rescue of Ruby and the other girls."
Listeners are given behind the scenes access to how a rescue operation is built–and spoiler–it isn’t all busting down doors!
We travel alongside Attorney Rey of International Justice Mission as he works alongside Philippines police to gain access to the house Ruby and the girls are trapped in,...
Episode 5 - The Trial: The fight for justice now begins. Ruby’s perpetrators belong behind bars, but their lawyer will do anything to stop that from happening.
Ruby and the girls from the house are brought to the DSWD for safekeeping while the criminal trial against the perpetrators is prepared.
Ruby’s fierce young lawyer, Attorney Kath of IJM, AKA ‘The Dainty Dragon’ is introduced for the first time, and we le...
Episode 6 - The Triumph: Bitterness and anger well up in Ruby as she tries to move on with her life. Can she overcome this and truly heal?
We open with Ruby’s dream. She is walking in a lush green field where she feels safe and free.
The dream echoes Psalm 23 and comes after Ruby and her social worker at the DSWD pray about Ruby moving to a new safe house in the country.
It is here, at the new house, ...
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