by Elvia Arriola | Apr 15, 2002 | Further Study, NAFTA
Feminicidio sexual serial en Ciudad Juárez: 1993-2001 Julia Monárrez Fragoso Guillermina Valdés-Villalba in memoriam DEBATE FEMINISTA, año 13, Vol. 25, abril 2002. No estamos hablando de los últimos momentos de [estas niñas y mujeres]. Estamos hablando acerca de una...
by Elvia Arriola | Apr 2, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA
Speech notes: We can’t talk about globalization without realizing how significant the role of women is in the global economy, whether in Mexico’s efforts to modernize more and get into the First World or throughout the world. Law and public policy’s role in...
by Elvia Arriola | Mar 31, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
Sexual Terrorism, Anti-Terrorism and the Global Economy. ** I was listening to the radio the other day and the nasal voice of President Bush came on in a report about his recent travels to Latin America, Peru and El Salvador and about his tooting the horn for...
by Elvia Arriola | Jan 21, 2002 | Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA
WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA OR WHAT IS A SWEATSHOP? The maquiladora or “sweatshop” is sadly not new. In the early 1900s?American labor history documents the treatment of European immigrant women who toiled 12-15 hour days for the pittance of wages. The...
by Elvia Arriola | Jan 21, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, NAFTA
Living Wage Rights The idea of a “living wage” suggests that a person working a normal work week (about 40-50 hours) should earn enough money to meet the basic needs of shelter, food, medical care and entertainment with just enough left over to save for...
