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Otilia: Yeah, I think that they ... Speaker 3: Good afternoon to everyone and
thank you for accompanying us on this march. Okay.
Otilia: My name is Otilia. I'm from Bolivia.
Otilia: I'm a domestic worker.
Otilia: Yeah, okay. I came to this country with a diplomat.
Otilia: They treated me very badly.
Otilia: When I came to this country, they told me
that I would have every opportunity here. Otilia:
But things didn't happen that way. A lot of things changed.
Otilia: Psychologically, I was treated very badly.
Otilia: Morally I was treated badly.
Otilia: Because I didn't have communication with anyone.
Otilia: I couldn't talk to anyone except through my
daughter. Otilia:
And that was through the notes that I would write.
Otilia: Because I couldn't talk on the telephone or
speak with anyone. Otilia:
It was very difficult, everything that I had to go through.
Otilia: But thanks to
Otilia: [Southa Marilyn 00:01:51] helped me to get
out of that house. Otilia: Now, I'm better. I'm happier.
And I'm treated much better by the people that I'm working with now.
Otilia: The people I used to work with used to think
that I couldn't do anything to them because they had diplomatic immunity and I couldn't
take them to court. Otilia:
In fact, we were able to get a little money out of them, but compared to what they owed
me for all of my work, we really weren't able to get them to pay very much.
Otilia: What I was able to obtain was that they were
fired from their jobs. Otilia:
Multiple Speakers: Woo. (cheering) Otilia:
Now, I'm happy. I can stand with my head held high. I don't have to hold my head down like
I used to when they humiliated me with their treatment.
Multiple Speakers: Woo. (cheering) Otilia:
Now that we're all working together, I feel even stronger. I know that there is strength
in unity and I feel I can help a lot of other people as well.
Multiple Speakers: Woo. (cheering) Otilia:
Multiple Speakers: Woo. (cheering) Thank you very much. If we all work together,
we are stronger.