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The B order C ommittee of W omen W orkers and Its International Activism: From the Protection of Women Workers to the Protection of Workers' Rights
Author(s) -
Quintero Ramírez Cirila
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12053
Subject(s) - grassroots , omen , order (exchange) , situated , capital (architecture) , work (physics) , political science , social capital , business , engineering , law , geography , computer science , politics , archaeology , finance , mechanical engineering , artificial intelligence
This study analyzes the case of the M exican B order C ommittee of W omen W orkers, a women's grassroots organization, situated in P iedras N egras, C oahuila, M exico, that has been part of international prowomen worker alliances since its formation in the mid‐1980s. It argues that the community‐based work that this organization carries out in the form of in‐house training and grassroots organizing inside factories has played a central role in its international alliances and could be considered the social capital of its transnational alliances and campaigns.