COMMENTARY: The border, migrant laborers, the maquiladoras and now ICE jails and deportation. Why hasn’t the discourse on immigration reform ever taken into account how NAFTA produced waves of migration to the U.S.? Or how CAFTA created maquiladora jobs but did...
Why Buy Fair Trade? Fair Trade is a global movement that puts people and planet first by ensuring fair practices and living wages for workers, producers and sellers of all consumer goods. For women in the global economy, fair trade assures that the...
Linking the Global Economy to Violence Against Women: The Case of the Ciudad Juarez Murders (2007) by Elvia Rosales Arriola The “maquiladora murders” was a popular subject for writing and activism by feminists in the first decade of the 21st century, and an...
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...
Speech notes: We can’t talk about globalization without realizing how significant the role of women is in the global economy, whether in Mexico’s efforts to modernize more and get into the First World or throughout the world. Law and public policy’s role in...
