by Elvia Arriola | Jun 23, 2011 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, Women and Globalization
Crushing Barely begins to capture The weight of the grief That sits Mountain sized Upon my soul As a departing visitor to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez A land of divides Rich and poor Brown and white Citizen and not Identities crafted By powerful attitudes in Custom and law...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
REFLECTION OF PAMELA BROUKER DELEGATION TO THE MEXICAN BORDER, MARCH 12-14, 2010 (REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS –next to McAllen, Texas). My name is Pamela Marie Brouker. I enjoy poetry, nature, art, film and travel. Journaling, writing, drawing and taking pictures are...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Maquiladoras, NAFTA
Dear All, This is a personal report of the recent delegation to the border, which in many ways was a satisfying and successful trip because of the strength of the Austin delegates and because the CFO managed their part pretty much without Julia’s participation....
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY ELVIA R. ARRIOLA, Voices from the Barbed Wires of Despair, Women in the Maquiladoras, Latina Critical Legal Theory and Gender at the U.S. Mexico Border, 49 De Paul L. Rev. 729-815 (2000) (87 pages ) (This Summary – 5 pages) This study uses...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
GENDER, GLOBALIZATION AND THE WOMEN OF THE MAQUILADORAS: BEFORE AND AFTER NAFTA Women, especially poor women, continue to play a significant role in the work of global employment. American companies have been relocating to Mexico since 1965, and with the...
