Endangering women's health for profit: health and safety in Mexico's maquiladoras

Author(s)
Abell, Hilary
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
1999-11-01
Subject
Approach and methodology
Trade
Keywords
Development methods
Trade policy
Fair trade
Country
Mexico
United States

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130368
DOI
10.1080/09614529952729
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was agreed, thousands of maquiladoras (assembly plants) have sprung up along the Mexican side of the Mexico/US border. Around a million workers are subject to violations of their human, labour, and health rights, the author argues, and this is a by-product of `free trade'. Abell advocates worker organising, appropriate training and access to information, and international solidarity, in order to avoid such abuses here and in the growing number of export processing zones (EPZs) around the world.
Pages
6
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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