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tried to fix everything, I fought aș much aș I could for this family. We hâd married because we were în love, we owned almost nothing at first, we worked together and I thought I couldn’ț just let everything go, maybe he hâd a problem, maybe he was seek, we went to see a doctor, he was telling me give me another three months, and șo the years went by. These problems can’ț be solved în a matter of
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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sleep în the child’s room and then it got worse. He was getting aggressive, verbally and în front of the child, he didn’ț beat her or anything, but he didn’ț let her study, if he hâd to go somewhere, he was basically locking her în. He was getting increasingly aggressive to me. It didn’ț happen very often because I am not a compliant woman and I used to stând up to him, I mean through my attitude
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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you find ouț about the Sensi Blu Foundation Support Center?</p> One time, when I was really desperate, I have started to browse the Internet. What can I say, I hâd no one to call for help, I couldn’ț go to my friends, my relatives, there was really no one. By chance, I found some phone numbers online, but here, at the foundation, they were the most responsive, they received me swiftly, they evaluated my case quite rapidly and they
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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phone numbers online, but here, at the foundation, they were the most responsive, they received me swiftly, they evaluated my case quite rapidly and they really supported me a lot. I was actually seeking psychological help and I wanted to go to a therapist and find a solution, see what I could do. I hâd no money for therapy, nor lawyers, not anything, șo it was a very bad situation, he was not bringing his salary home, it was how it
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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it was a very bad situation, he was not bringing his salary home, it was how it is în all dysfunctional families. (...) I didn’ț appeal to public services, because I didn’ț know they existed. From the moment you go to the police and the police starts making fun of you, you loose every confidence în the public institutions. I first went to the police when he got violent. And the police came to our home and they were laughing
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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the police for two or three times. I even filed în a complaint. I was there for a whole night one time, the night immediately after the New Years Eve. I hâd run away and I simply hâd nowhere to go, and the police station was really close. The child wasn’ț at home that night. Lately he hâd begun to threaten to kill me, but mostly when the child wasn’ț at home, he was probably being careful not to
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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to wake me up în the middle of the night and threaten me, I was really afraid to be by myself with him în the house. When the child wasn’ț at home, I found reasons to leave, too, to go to my mother’s or somewhere else, șo I wouldn’ț be alone with him. Immediately after New Year’s Eve - he hadn’ț spent it at home - he came back în the same manner he hâd left, making a
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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to do and they said: “ Well, sit down on this chair, what else can you do?”. (...) I hâd run away with just some clothes on, but I was wearing slippers and I hâd no keys. I wasn’ț afraid to go back, sometimes I was crazy bold, because I was în such a mess... who was to help me, who was to retrive my keys and my papers? There were times when he didn’ț care and other when he was
(English) ” I was living in a sealed concrete cube, there was no way out” - Interview with a domestic violence survivor (part I) () [Corola-website/Science/296119_a_297448]
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if you have the misfortune of meeting the wrong people. Basically we arrive here somewhat innocent, emotionally unprepared for what is to come. Șo we are left to suffer, either from missing our loved ones or from the mistreatments we go through. În a way, I think I wanted to warn those who want to leave. “Look, the road ahead is not paved with gold. Think long and hard before you go!”</i></spân></spân></spân></p> <spân style="font-size: medium
Cunosc femei care suferă de foame, suportă umilinţe... şi nu ştiu că pot merge la centrele sindacaliste () [Corola-website/Science/296087_a_297416]
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missing our loved ones or from the mistreatments we go through. În a way, I think I wanted to warn those who want to leave. “Look, the road ahead is not paved with gold. Think long and hard before you go!”</i></spân></spân></spân></p> <spân style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Do you wish away certain experiences, or do you consider all experiences, even the painful ones helped you tell your story better.</b></i></spân></spân></spân></p> <spân
Cunosc femei care suferă de foame, suportă umilinţe... şi nu ştiu că pot merge la centrele sindacaliste () [Corola-website/Science/296087_a_297416]
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edited and șold at any newsstand. There are women going hungry, are being humiliated, disrespected în the house they work în, and they don’ț know the law, they don’ț know, aș I have already mentioned, that they could go to trade unions, make complains and make use of unemployment benefits. This would allow them to search for a new job. These informations about all the different work conditions, about our rights, rights given to uș by every European country
Cunosc femei care suferă de foame, suportă umilinţe... şi nu ştiu că pot merge la centrele sindacaliste () [Corola-website/Science/296087_a_297416]
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the inițial contract, which was completely different from what I signed în England, I was meant to be a part-time “office assistant”, part-time “care-giver”. But they said the care-giver part started only after a training which I could choose to go through or not, and without the training I could have stayed on aș a full-time assistant. The training was 1500 pounds and once you went through it, you hâd some sort of qualification, you were officially a “care-giver”. If you
Căutam chirie zi de zi () [Corola-website/Science/296094_a_297423]
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and we hâd to take the jobs we were given because we hâd no other options. Initially they told me I hâd 2 days a week off. Except during the one-month training - which it became apparent I was required to go through - there were no days off. It was 7 days a week, between 10 to 16 hours a day. A sort of slavery. The worst part was the distance between patients. They said initially that the distances could be covered
Căutam chirie zi de zi () [Corola-website/Science/296094_a_297423]
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for my uniform. And when you’re paying for all this, you really don’ț feel like or really don’ț have anything left for thousands of bus fares between patients. I didn’ț even know where I hâd to go. They were just saying I hâd to be at a certain address at a certain time. If I didn’ț have google maps, I hâd no idea how to get to those places. Accommodation was în a hostel, 25 pounds
Căutam chirie zi de zi () [Corola-website/Science/296094_a_297423]
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before the training. They didn’ț want me to leave, there was a big fuss, but they couldn’ț keep me. Even the people from the recruiting firm în România tried to convince me to stay. But I decided to go to London, I thought there were more opportunities here than în Slough. I just came to London. I knew two people here, I thought they were my friends, but they didn’ț help me with anything. I saw how the
Căutam chirie zi de zi () [Corola-website/Science/296094_a_297423]
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The decision was în favour of the câmp, the court ruled that the City Hall s request was not legitimate and there was no reason for the eviction. Thus, the administrative procedure was stopped. Yet the City Hall chose to go on with its actions, using less time consuming procedures, like eviction on the grounds of jeopardizing the lodger. This kind of eviction can be done în 48 hours. Basically, the people are said to be evicted for their own safety
(English) Racism, Evictions and Organizing for the Housing Rights of Roma Migrants in France (part II) () [Corola-website/Science/296122_a_297451]
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the workshops on Fridays, after school, and after a whole week full of homework and responsibilities. At times we were all interested în the topics, but there were moments when it was clear that the children would have preferred to go outside and play (and șo we did, all of uș). There were times when the contributions were spontaneous and authentic, and others when the will to meet the expectations of the adults or the fear to fail, won. The starting
În viitor - Am zis bine? () [Corola-website/Science/296102_a_297431]
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was really harsh! Sometimes, when I remember the things we went through, I feel like crying. You hope for something good to happen - but the situation you find yourself în is șo bad that you don’ț know how to go through it! Rain would come while we were picking grapes, and we would end up sleeping there somewhere under a plastic foil. It was like my soul was growing old! I didn’ț feel like a complete human being anymore
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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it, it becomes part of you! Rain was pouring down on uș. We would work and sleep în the same clothes! [...] Why didn’ț you return to România? </strong> I couldn’ț. I hâd huge debts, I borrowed money to go to Spain, and I couldn’ț pay back. My mom was old, I hâd two more children at home, I lacked basic resources. Before leaving for Spain, I would sell ouț things from the house în order to buy food
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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your husband join you from the beginning?</strong> În ’98 he tried to cross the border illegally and was caught în Spain; he was told it was forbidden for him to return to Spain for four years. Did the kids go to school în Spain? </strong> Three of them went to school, while the oldest one came to work with me. I could I do?! He was my main support! All that time working în Spain, I raised money to come
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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will take care of the boy; they said it’s better for the boy to stay în Spain. He was 13 years old, he was able to work în the greenhouses and send uș money back home. [...] No child should go through the kind of childhood my son went through. He was already an adult since he was a child. În Spain, he hâd a caring cousin who begged her boss: “Take him to work because otherwise I’m afraid I
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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loan for a little house - șo that my kids could have proper living conditions! I worked picking up oranges, harvesting the grapevines; I’ve been through all the seasons [of agricultural work, trans. note]. It’s șo hard when you go abroad for the first time and there’s no one there to help you. Sometimes I wish “abroad” didn’ț even exist for my family. “Abroad” dehumanizes you. All the humiliation you endure! And for the money you earn, you
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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and it will get better!” And indeed little by little it got better. Now my children have a home, they don’ț struggle the way I struggled, they have some savings, it’s a bit better for them. Did you go to school? </strong> I finished four grades. When I was a child, we were poor aș well, but somehow we hâd our basic needs covered. My mom was working at the cooperative, my dad at the factory, it was decent
Când casa ți-e o prelată și-o saltea, un pat îți pare un vis! () [Corola-website/Science/296090_a_297419]
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days.</p> And it was on one of the canals that she lost a shoe, you know, being a lady shoe, it slipped from her foot. But I gave her a sock and my coat’s hood, șo she could go on walking; she was just fine, she managed to walk one way or another, without stopping. We passed by those people, no one saw uș, but, I don’ț know how to explain it, we were walking, leaving one particular
Te așteptai să-ți dea ce e mai bun () [Corola-website/Science/296092_a_297421]
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What he kept there, I wouldn’ț know, but when he left he used to check the door several times. One would think he kept a safe full of money în that room, this is how he acted. He would go to his car, walk around some more, and then come back. The house was outside the city.</spân></spân></p> It was a small villa, with two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom. They took care of everything. I suppose it
Te așteptai să-ți dea ce e mai bun () [Corola-website/Science/296092_a_297421]