by Elvia Arriola | Nov 7, 2014 | Advocacy and Activism, Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Organizations, Women and Globalization
NOVEMBER 2014 Women on the Border Board Member Donna Blevins opens Austin Tan Cerca’s new Indiegogo Quinceañera Solidarity Campaign with a powerful appeal. She talks about Tan Cerca’s annual commitment to send $6,000 to fund an organizer with the Comité...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 30, 2014 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
The Department of Homeland Security, through its Border Security division daily apprehends and subsequently detains through the division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thousands of persons believed to be present in the U.S.A. without proper travel or...
by Elvia Arriola | Jan 1, 2014 | Further Study, NAFTA
FARMERS, NAFTA AND GLOBAL AGRICULTURAL CORPORATE POWER A visit to the Mexican border to view the conditions for workers in the maquiladoras often provides surprises about who those people we meet are and where they came from. So many of the workers are doing factory...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras
Women on the Border is a Texas-based 501c3 non profit organization engaged in educational projects involving contact with women who are fighting against abuses by U.S. based investor corporations under the North American Free Trade Agreement. We are dedicated to...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
The term “maquiladora” has been equated with “sweatshop.” According to the workers active in the CFO, It is a place where workers get no respect, where they are treated like machines, not humans, where often their tasks in a time pressured work...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Contact Us, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada –...
