by Elvia Arriola | Apr 23, 2016 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
QUEER, UNDOCUMENTED, AND SITTING IN AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER: A POST-OBERGEFELL REFLECTION Elvia Rosales Arriola** “I left my country because I am gay and I don’t fit into Honduras’ society; I also fled for my life because I refused to do work for a drug...
by Elvia Arriola | Nov 16, 2015 | Advocacy and Activism, Fair Trade, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Fair Trade Events, Women and Globalization
The Dignity and Justice Maquiladora: A Dream on Hold **Dr. Judith Rosenberg, January 2012 One July morning in 2001, I was snooping around the offices of the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras/os in Piedras Negras. I was teaching English to the workers’ children and waiting...
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 20, 2015 | Delegations, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
Delegates met face to face with about three detainees at one time. ICE allowed a total of 90 minutes. Over 85 persons had signed up to meet with the group. To preserve anonymity and privacy detainees’ names are not identified. A detainee’s name appears...
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 19, 2015 | Delegations, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
SUMMARY NOTES OF VISIT TO PEARSALL FACILITY, MAY 16, 2014 (One component of a delegation experience entitled The Journey of an Immigrant, Co-produced for May 2014 by Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, Inc. and Women on the Border, Inc. Date of Tour: May 16,...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 1, 2015 | Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
MAQUILADORA WORKER STORIES: From 2001 to 2014 Women on the Border gathered stories on delegations to the border from workers in the maquiladoras. Their stories provided a human face to the impact of NAFTA. Amparo’s Story “Mi padre es del Valle de Bravo en...
by Elvia Arriola | Dec 9, 2014 | Further Study
Julia Monarrez Fragoso published a critical study on the murders in Ciudad Juarez as a manifestation of “femicide,” i.e., anti-woman, or gender based homicides. The article, Serial Sexual Femicide in Ciudad Juarez: 1993-2001 is available in English and...
