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...
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 | Apr 23, 2014 | Advocacy and Activism, Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Our History, Who We Are, Women and Globalization
Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera Welcome to the new and brighter world of solidarity Over the long-term, ATCF creates and nurtures spaces in which people cross boundaries of language, nationality, history, class and culture to meet each other. People who have not had...
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...