by Elvia Arriola | May 1, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Since Josefina Castillo and I have made so many references to our work in Mexico, and since St. Hildegard’s has given wonderful support for some of our projects, and we have in fact just completed a delegation in which Betsy Wilbur participated, I thought it...
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...
