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Istambul, Mar 3 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Sedat Suna) The closure of brothels and curfews as a preventive measure against the coronavirus pandemic has caused a great precariousness of prostitution in Turkey, a legal activity but still lacking many rights.FOOTAGE OF THE DAILY LIFE OF DERYA KARAGÖZ, TRANS PROSTITUTE IN ISTAMBULSOUNDBITES OF KARAGÖZ00'04-00'09: Hello, my name is Cansel, known as Derya Karagöz.00'09-00'13: What, what kind of life do I have? Let me start there.00'13- 00'20: I am a trans person. I became a woman, I became a trans person.00'20- 00'28: I never did this to be a sex worker. But I came across this.00'28- 00'35: Sex work is the heaviest in the world. In all dimensions: physical, corporal, psychological ...00'35- 00'39: We have no other way of life.00'39- 00'43: It is something very difficult, only those who live it can know it.00'43- 01'00: I speak of 80% of trans people. You can never speak 100% of anything. But I think nobody wants to be a sex worker.01'00- 01'11: Let's talk about Turkey. In hate killings in Turkey, the transphobia is much higher.01'11-01'21: It's like that. Nobody asks about trans people if they get sick.01'21-01'38: The man wears a mask and asks me to put it on. It's fine. But his body touches my body.01'38-01'48: Now, all trans people have Instagram, Twitter, TikTok ...01'48-02'00: I don't use TikTok but ... The potential to find clients for them has increased.02'00- 02'08: They are safer with social networks. They stay at home. They have the customer's number.02'08- 02'19: There are many trans people who work with Twitter and will earn money, but Twitter blocks them.02'19- 02'24: Also on Instagram they cancel your account.02'24- 02'38: Ok, we can't work on the street because of the covid. We can't eat from Twitter ... So what do we eat?02'38- 03'02: Sex workers are in a very difficult situation. Earning your bread is very difficult. We have hit rock bottom. We do not have anything.03'02- 03'10: Try to understand from my voice how difficult it is to speak.
Lugo, Oct 10 (EFE).- Factory workers took to the streets once again Sunday to protest against the decision of the American industrial corporation Alcoa to close down its production plant in Lugo, in the northern Spain.Workers assured that they would not lower their guard and that they would do everything possible to keep this only primary aluminum producing company in Spain. (Camera: ELISEO TRIGO).SHOT LIST: FACTORY WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST CLOSURE OF ALCOA ALUMINUM PLANT IN SAN CIBRAO, LUGO, SPAIN.
Colombo, Sep 22 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's health workers staged a protest Wednesday demanding proper facilities and protective equipment needed for Covid -19 related works, additional allowance for overtime work, and special Covid -19 allowance. The trade union action was carried out in most government hospitals throughout the country, according to the relevant trade unions. With the third wave of the pandemic hitting Sri Lanka, health workers too have engaged in a series of protests and demonstrations advancing their demands while the government has not positively responded to their claims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS HOLDING PLACARDS STAGE A PROTEST DEMANDING SOLUTIONS TO SEVERAL OF THEIR WORK-RELATED ISSUES, OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Seoul, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean health workers on Thursday gathered to demand guarantee of labor rights after the country's capital region reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections Wednesday.The figures are worrying as Saturday marks one of the main holiday periods of the country called Chuseok, a festival to celebrate the harvest and honor ancestors in which a large number of people travel from the capital region, where more than half of the national population lives, to other areas of the country. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS GATHER TO DEMAND LABOR RIGHTS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Quezon City, Aug 30 (EFE/EPA).- Healthcare workers in Manila staged a protest Monday, calling for release of government funds to employees in medical facilities during pandemic as well as the resignation of Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III over allegedly mishandling efforts to combat COVID-19. (Camera: ROLEX DE LA PENA).SHOT LIST: HEALTHCARE WORKERS HOLD A PROTEST OUTSIDE THE ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL, IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.