Social Justice Education
Border enforcement and free-trade policies directly affect the lives of working people and immigrants. Researchers, advocates, and activists for human rights can find history and resources on this site.
Women and Globalization
Exploitation in global factories has led women workers to fight for fair wages and empower themselves through fair trade networks.
Reimagining the Border
With social critique and humor artists and activists reimagine human relationships along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Immigration and Detention
Women on the Border offers resources for the struggle to uphold the human rights of migrants and the undocumented.
Our History
Women on the Border was founded in 2001 to support the empowerment of women working in the NAFTA factories (maquiladoras) at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In recent years, as U.S. policy has become more hostile than ever to migrants, workers, and people of color, Women on the Border has sought to promote scholarship and activism calling for freedom, justice and human dignity.
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Help the organizations impacted by the current freeze on refugee aid
The following is an important plea for help from Austin Jews and Partners for Refugees. Dear Friends! Because funds for all federally-funded refugee services are either shut off or continue to be indefinitely frozen, refugee agencies in Central Texas have now been...
The Border Chronicle: An Excellent Source for Reporting on the Border
The Border Chronicle, an email newsletter on Substack, is an excellent source of up-to-date news and analysis about the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It is produced by long-time border journalists Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller, who are currently working out of Tucson,...
Trump’s First Two Weeks – A Summary
Trump’s First Two Weeks: A Recap from the U.S.-Mexico Border By MEGAN ROBINSON* The new administration’s aggressive policies on immigration, trade, and executive power are reshaping the U.S.-Mexico border—and sparking widespread upheaval. SUMMARY Since Donald J. Trump...
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