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Anth/Soc 460: Women in poor countries

Spring 2012

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Ciudad Juarez: Some resources

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Information on NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
- some background on NAFTA lobbying on the Mexico side
- article on employment effects of NAFTA on Juarez-El Paso
Information on Ciudad Juarez
- environmental issues and the maquiladoras (from the Multinational Monitor)
- images of the city (the fifth from the top is El Paso)
- more images (from the air)
- more images, information on social welfare in Ciudad Juarez
- More data on the Juarez economy (some on El Paso, too--make sure you're looking at the right numbers . . . )
Maquiladoras
- ... do they sow opportunity, or poverty? (article by Dan LaBotz)
- workers' rights (not specific to Juarez)
- Can Africa be far behind? (article on free trade zones in Africa by Ronald Weissman)
- women's reproductive rights (article by Cece Modupé Fadopé)
News reports
- 'Nightmare in a city of dreams' (part I and part II by Molly Moore, with photos, from Washingtonpost.com)
- 'Suspects widely believed to be innocent' (from the Washington Times)
- More media from mayhem.net
- some information on anti-violence campaign from womensenews.org
- more context
- 'Darkness and fear in Juarez (Carol Huang, apbonline.com--these apbonline links work intermittently, but don't give up)
- Juarez and drugs (Carol Huang, apbonline.com)
- From drugs to gender (Martha Brant, escapinghades.com)--some valuable detail
- BBC News, Mexico women march for justice (Nov 26, 2002)
- Women's art (rather graphic)
New clues
- changes in the Ciudad Juarez/El Paso economy
- Engineers wanted . . . (economy moves toward high tech)
- Map of the U.S.-Mexican border (Business Week)
- Free trade in the Americas . . . is that an oxymoron?
- More detail on women and the maquiladoras (written by Stacy Pohl)
- Summary of a report from Human Rights Watch -- sex discriminatin in the maquiladoras sector
- A new giant sucking sound (geez, and just as Juarez seemed to have it so good . . . ), by William Greider
- some more of the costs of economic development (who's benefitting?)
- free trade and export processing zones and better understanding where the benefits accrue . . .