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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SEWING SEEDS FOR PEACE MAY 9TH
PRESS ADVISORY SPEAKING EVENT Thursday, May 9, 10:00 AM on Texas Capitol South Steps SEWING SEEDS: CALL FOR QUILTS & PERMANENT CEASEFIRE, MEASURING THE GREAT WALK WHO: TV, Radio & Print Reporters, Bloggers, & Features Editors Speakers: Gabriela Rose...
Mexico Challenges Gun Manufacturers in US Courts
A large majority of the guns recovered after crimes are committed in Mexico are produced by gun manufacturers in the United States. In recent years, demand by the Mexican drug cartels has fueled high levels of north-to-south traffic in armaments, primarily...
Helping with Humanitarian Aid in Gaza
The following organizations are providing direct relief like, food, water and medical care in Gaza. Doctors Without Borders International Rescue Committee OXFAM Palestine Children's Relief Fund Palestinian American Medical Association United Nations Relief and Works...
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