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Iana Matei (born April 30, 1960) is a Romanian activist who founded Reaching Out Romania, an organization to find and rehabilitate victims of forced prostitution. Reaching Out Romania operates the House of Treasure, a shelter for former victims of human trafficking. On January 20, 2010, Matei was named "European of the Year" by Reader's Digest for this work.〔(The Romanian who helps rebuild the lives of abused women ), Denisa Marunteanu and Dan Alexe, January 29, 2010, EUobserver.com〕〔(Iana Matei, against human trafficking ), Adevarul, February 3, 2010, Presseurop〕〔(Iana Matei est l'Européenne de l'année ), Selection, Reader's Digest, (in French)〕〔(Rescued from sex slavery, 48 Hours goes undercover into the international sex slave trade ), Rebecca Leung, July 22, 2005, CBS News 48 Hours.〕 Iana Matei's book was first published in 2010 by OH ! Editions, in France under the title "A vendre, Mariana, 15 ans". ==Early life== Matei was born in Orăștie. Her mother was a talented pentathlete, father was a football coach. When Iana was three, her family moved to Bucharest due to her father's work, and later, to an industrial city Pitești. Her father was an atheist, because he "found it hard to believe in a God that lets children in Africa die of starvation". Her mother was an Orthodox Christian. Matei has a talent for languages and speaks at least four — her native Romanian, Serbian, English and French, and thus can be considered a polyglot. She studied wall painting and met her husband Dmitri while renewing Ghica Tei palace, who she married and had her firstborn son Ștefan with. Later Matei divorced Dmitri due to him abusing alcohol and being violent. Matei lived during the period of Soviet occupation, and in 1989, when Romanian Revolution started, participated in riots and protests against the Communist government. After Matei lost her handbag with her documents in University Square during the protests, she believed that it was no longer safe to stay in the country and had to leave. She left her son with her mother and illegally traveled to Serbia, was captured and sentenced for twenty days imprisonment. Matei went on a hunger strike insisting that a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCP) visit her and acknowledge her presence. After her sentence, Iana was taken to a Serbian refugee camp, where she was hired as a translator for UNHCP, with her son brought to her from Romania and moved to Australia, where she lived up until she became involved with humanitarian work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iana Matei」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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