Labor Rights for Women in Mexican Factories
Mexican Women in Poverty
Summary
Female laborers on the Mexican border, whose only job opportunity is in the factory industry, will learn about their labor and reproductive rights in order to improve their working conditions.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,220 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Semillas That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Economic conditions worsen on the Mexican border and factory laborers suffer from deteriorating job conditions. To support their families, women supplement their income by taking piecework home and waiting for reimbursement. Results are lower wages, no benefits, and little protection under labor laws. In 2004, poor working women in maquilas and “home sweatshops” from Tijuana were beneficiaries. In 2005 -2006, this project will expand to women in the border maquila areas of Tecate and Chihuahua.
Activities
Education on reproductive health and labor rights, directed towards female maquila workers; workshops to strengthen the organizational capacity of women’s organizations.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,220
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,220 . The original project funding goal was $20,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Outreach activities provide female laborers with the resources needed to defend their labor and reproductive rights. These result in healthier women, stronger families, and safer work environments.
Project Message
“… [workshop] participants are gaining more and more information about their bodies, about their sexuality and their sexual and reproductive rights, and how to exercise these rights…"
- CEDEMAC, Centro para el Desarrollo de la Mujer
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Maria del Carmen Morales
Program Coordinator
Tamaulipas 66 Planta Alta
Colonia Condesa, DF 06140
Mexico
52-55-5553-2900
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Semillas
Tamaulipas 66 Col. Condesa
Mexico City,
N/A
6140
Mexico
+52 (55) 55 53 01 09
http://www.semillas.org.mx/
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Mexico
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 30, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
Labor Rights Forum: Gender in the Workplace
By Semillas - July 26, 2005, October 28, 2005 12:00 AM
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