by Elvia Arriola | Jun 23, 2011 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, WOB Archival, Women and Globalization, Women and Globalization Bibliography
OF WOMAN BORN: COURAGE & STRENGTH TO SURVIVE IN THE MAQUILADORAS OF REYNOSA AND RIO BRAVO, TAMAULIPAS by Elvia Rosales Arriola As 27-year old María Elena García Sierra pulled off her white sock to show me the places on her feet where she suffered a recurring...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
REFLECTION OF PAMELA BROUKER DELEGATION TO THE MEXICAN BORDER, MARCH 12-14, 2010 (REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS –next to McAllen, Texas). My name is Pamela Marie Brouker. I enjoy poetry, nature, art, film and travel. Journaling, writing, drawing and taking pictures are...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 1, 2007 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras
Just Breathe: Recovery for the Body of the Maquiladora Worker Elvia Rosales Arriola, Executive Director WOMEN ON THE BORDER “What if Women on the Border could take stress- relief training, like yoga and meditation exercises to the women in the...
by Elvia Arriola | Dec 1, 2005 | Advocacy and Activism, Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
DELEGATES VISIT THE HOME OF A MAQUILADORA WORKER LEARNING ABOUT MEXICAN LABOR LAW SOCIAL TIME WITH THE WORKERS TO HEAR THEIR STORIES The educational trip (Fall 2005) involved sending students from Professor Arriola’s seminar, Women, Law and the Global Economy...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 24, 2005 | Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Report on the NIU Delegation to Mexico by Yvonne Lapp Cryns (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 system together for your car? Five NIU College of Law students had the...