Occupational Health and Women Workers in Maquiladora Plants
Title | Occupational Health and Women Workers in Maquiladora Plants PDF eBook |
Author | Jorge Carrillo Viveros |
Publisher | Jorge Carrillo Viveros |
Pages | 13 |
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Back to the Future
Title | Back to the Future PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 248 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Industrial hygiene |
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The Maquiladoras and Toxics
Title | The Maquiladoras and Toxics PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie Kochan |
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Pages | 18 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Environmental policy |
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Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora
Title | Beautiful Flowers of the Maquiladora PDF eBook |
Author | Norma Iglesias Prieto |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2010-07-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0292788681 |
Published originally as La flor mas bella de la maquiladora, this beautifully written book is based on interviews the author conducted with more than fifty Mexican women who work in the assembly plants along the U.S.-Mexico border. A descriptive analytic study conducted in the late 1970s, the book uses compelling testimonials to detail the struggles these women face. The experiences of women in maquiladoras are attracting increasing attention from scholars, especially in the context of ongoing Mexican migration to the country's northern frontier and in light of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This book is among the earliest accounts of the physical and psychological toll exacted from the women who labor in these plants. Iglesias Prieto captures the idioms of these working women so that they emerge as dynamic individuals, young and articulate personalities, inexorably engaged in the daily struggle to change the fundamental conditions of their exploitation.
Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Women Workers in the Maquiladora Industry in Mexico: Final Technical Report to PAHO.
Title | Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Women Workers in the Maquiladora Industry in Mexico: Final Technical Report to PAHO. PDF eBook |
Author | Leonor A. Cedillo Becerril |
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Pages | 34 |
Release | 1998 |
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The Maquiladora Reader
Title | The Maquiladora Reader PDF eBook |
Author | Rachael Kamel |
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Pages | 148 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Industries |
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Contains 25 contributions which discuss living and working conditions in Mexican export processing zones; the emergence of union activism; and cross-border activities by trade unions to support the rights of workers in maquiladoras.
Trading Women's Health and Rights
Title | Trading Women's Health and Rights PDF eBook |
Author | Caren Grown |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2013-07-18 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1848137923 |
Around the world, policymakers and civil society are debating how economic and trade policies shape public health. This edited collection adds a new dimension to this debate. It synthesizes research from a variety of disciplines to analyse how the liberalization of international trade affects reproductive health and rights. Case studies from Mexico, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Egypt illuminate how trade-related changes in women’s employment influence their reproductive needs and capacities. The book demonstrates how global and national trade policies affect the quality, quantity, and cost of reproductive health services. Contributors also explore the implications of the World Trade Organization and the various trade agreements under its purview for reproductive health services and rights. Ultimately, this collection addresses the key policy issues for advocates of both reproductive health and rights and economic justice, and shows how trade agreements weighted against the poor in the South have very specific gendered consequences. This book is aimed at an inter-disciplinary audience of economists, public health professionals, demographers, sociologists, anthropologists, and women’s studies specialists. It will also be of interest to policymakers and representatives of civil society organizations working on health, economic justice, and employment issues.