by Elvia Arriola | Oct 28, 2020 | Fair Trade, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, News resources, Women and Globalization
Post-Trump Trade Deals? In 2019 Trump got his new version of NAFTA (2.0 or USMCA) passed by Congress. It was a strong bi-partisan vote in an otherwise politically divided government over the issues that ultimately produced two articles of...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 28, 2020 | Delegations, Migrants and Human Rights, Our History, Women and Globalization
by Elvia R. Arriola, Executive Director, WOMEN ON THE BORDER (2015) I. Introduction For many years, Women on the Border has participated in cross-border delegations produced by our social justice partners Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera and the Comité Fronterizo de...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 25, 2020 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Organizations, Women and Globalization
Yvonne Lapp Cryns, J.D. 2006 Report on the NIU Delegation to Mexico (Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña, Oct.7-9, 2005). Have you ever given any thought to who sews the pants and shirts you wear? Who makes your Nike shoes? Who put the electrical...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 25, 2020 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Reflections on Reynosa by Rachel Conradt-Adams [Rachel s a third year law student at Northern Illinois University; she attended the delegation to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, October 13-15, 2006] ...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 25, 2020 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Delegation to Mexico – Reflection, December 2006 by Natalie Gonzalez [Natalie is a second year law student at Northern Illinois University; she attended the delegation to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, October 13-15, 2006] When I decided to attend the Fall 2006 NIU...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 25, 2020 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Life at the border by Cynthia N. Edward (Cynthia is a first year law student at Northern Illinois University; she attended the delegation to Reynosa, Tamaulipas). October 13-15, 2006, I participated in a delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border. As part...
