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Essay Archive - Maquila Work as Empowerment
Maquila Work as Empowerment
The introduction of a Maquiladora into a newly developing country
has many effects on the people who live there, especially women. It is a
common misconception that all the effects are bad.
A woman who works in a maquiladora to support her family certainly
does not feel that the Maquila's coming is a harmful thing, without the
work provided in the factory, her family would not be able to survive.
Perhaps her husband's work is not enough to support her family or maybe
there is no husband, but there are kids, hungry ones.....
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