The Fight of My Life Cadence Productions

"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 city of Pampanga and directly into her worst nightmare. Far from her quiet mountain h...

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 catch: she makes this virtually impossible for Ruby to achieve.Ruby learns the s...

"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 first time to escape the online sex trafficking den.Ruby reaches an all time low and turns to ...

"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, and see what it is like firsthand to work in such a dark area, bringing light one step at a...

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 learn how her own life story of hardship and injustice impacts her quest for ju...

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, that Ruby gradually recovers from her trauma and reclaims her life.Change isn’t instant...