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Yani, The Barmaid
Yani, The Barmaid
Yani, an immigrant from Colombia works 6-7 days a week in two dive bars in Manhattan and Queens. She starts her shift at 8 pm and leaves at 4 am. Her work requires heavy drinking and enduring all types of sexual harassment from bar patrons. Her life has become a daily routine of working and drinking at night and sleeping during the day. This story is just a glimpse of the exploitation of immigrant women in bars and restaurants in New York City.
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