RN Documentary: Running with Atalanta

Summary:

Women who are victims of trafficking and forced to work in the sex trade in The Netherlands often find themselves perceived as criminals by a government and society with increasing concerns about illegal immigration.

Website:

http://www.radionetherlands.nl/specialseries/global_perspective_2006/060217vh

Tones:

Disturbing, Personal, Provocative

Language:

English

Description:

Ten years ago, two young women were studying law ? one in The Netherlands and the other in Latvia. Years later their lives would intersect in what the United Nations has called the fastest growing criminal activity in the world: human trafficking.
Both women have written about their experiences ? Ruth Hopkins as an advocate and Anna Ziverte as a victim of trafficking. And both women are critical of the Dutch system that tends to view the victims as criminals themselves.
Their stories are told within a tale from Ovid?s Metamorphoses. The virgin huntress Atalanta could outrun any man. She was defeated only with the intervention of Venus and the tempting allure of three golden apples. The program is produced by David Swatling.

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