by Elvia Arriola | Dec 1, 2007 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
The delicate balance between life and death: a child with hemophilia, a single mother and maquiladora worker in Ciudad Acuña. by Elvia R. Arriola, J.D., M.A., Executive Director, Women on the Border, Inc. The Place: Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila,...
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 16, 2006 | Delegations, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Life at the Border by Cynthia N. Edwards (NIU 1st year student in 2006) from the delegation to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, October 13-15, 2006 In October 2006, I participated in a delegation to the U.S.-Mexico border. As part of the 12 person delegation, which was...
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...
by Elvia Arriola | Apr 10, 2005 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA
Background for NIU Seminar, Women, Law and the Global Economy, produced by Professor Elvia R Arriola, Northern Illinois University College of Law This is a multifaceted project that offers students an opportunity to learn about the impact of globalization by...