GEMA – GENERO Y EMPODERAMIENTO DE LA MUJER PARA LA ACCION. Women on the Border has long supported the empowerment of women who work in the maquiladoras. In 2013 gender empowerment workshops were produced in Piedras Negras involving two of Women on the Border’s...
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 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...
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...
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] ...
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...