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Sacrificed lives
On Romanian women looking after the elderly in Italy
In Italy, Romanian daycare workers for the elderly are known as ‘badanti’. Their story is one of sacrifice: leaving behind their country and family and losing years of their lives at work. They pay for it with years of their lives and, sometimes, with their health.