WOMEN ON THE BORDER’S primary mission is educational awareness of the links

between American consumerism, trade policy in the global economy and

worldwide oppression of women and child laborers. While our focus is

on Mexican laborers along the industrialized U.S.-Mexico border,

the issues there can serve as a lens for understanding the concerns

of workers in global factories everywhere.

We support individuals and organizations in Mexico who are taking on

the courageous battle against the wealth and power of some multinational

companies whose practices contribute to the oppression of women and children

and help create toxic workplaces and polluted living environments.

We do this by telling the workers' stories or by facilitating visits to meet

maquiladora workers in their homes and communities on short weekend trips

to see what life is like under NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement).

Former maquila workers in the fair trade factory "Dignidad y

Justicia" in Piedras Negras, Coahuila (WOB photo 2007).

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