Flyer announcement by delegation organizers, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera (ATCF). Travel is for a three-day weekend beginning with an orientation session the Thursday night before departure on a Friday morning, from Austin, Texas. Click...
Linking the Global Economy to Violence Against Women: The Case of the Ciudad Juarez Murders (2007) by Elvia Rosales Arriola The “maquiladora murders” was a popular subject for writing and activism by feminists in the first decade of the 21st century, and an...
Connecting the Dots: NAFTA, Free Trade and the Rise of Illegal Immigration ELVIA R. ARRIOLA, EX. DIR. Women on the Border (2009) Why do contemporary proponents of immigration reform ignore the connections between increased migration of people looking for work from...
The delicate balance between life and death: a child with hemophilia, a single mother and maquiladora worker in Ciudad Acuña. by Elvia R. Arriola, J.D., M.A., Executive Director, Women on the Border, Inc. The Place: Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila,...
Just Breathe: Recovery for the Body of the Maquiladora Worker Elvia Rosales Arriola, Executive Director WOMEN ON THE BORDER “What if Women on the Border could take stress- relief training, like yoga and meditation exercises to the women in the...
DELEGATES VISIT THE HOME OF A MAQUILADORA WORKER LEARNING ABOUT MEXICAN LABOR LAW SOCIAL TIME WITH THE WORKERS TO HEAR THEIR STORIES The educational trip (Fall 2005) involved sending students from Professor Arriola’s seminar, Women, Law and the Global Economy...
