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Intact or in tatters? family care of older women and men in urban Mexico

01/07/2000

9 pages long

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Intact or in tatters? family care of older women and men in urban Mexico

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This article asks how family relationships affect the living conditions of low-income elderly people in urban Mexico. There is little State provision of accommodation for the elderly, forcing older people to rely on their families for care. Yet many poorer families cannot afford to provide care, and some are unwilling to do so. In addition, […]

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Discussion paper

Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities: Lessons from Mexico and Central America

01/01/2000

1 documents

79 pages long

Languages: English

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Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities records an exercise carried out by Oxfam GB to map out the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico and Central America are exposed, and to relate these to the complex social, economic, political, and cultural factors that make some social sectors more vulnerable than others […]

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

01/11/1999

6 pages long

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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 […]

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Journal article

The use of donkeys in the Mexican central highlands: a gender perspective

01/08/1999

12 pages long

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A historical study of migratory patterns in central Mexico shows that rural communities have seen shifts in population ratios as well as in the type of activities and responsibilities undertaken by men and women. This has also affected women’s use of livestock, particularly the donkey. In this case study from the State of Mexico, the […]

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Briefing paper

EU Association Agreements with Latin America: Good news for those in poverty?

01/05/1999

2 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

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Trade policy

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This Briefing focuses on the economic dimension of the Association Agreements under discussion between the European Union and Mercosur, Chile and Mexico. These accords will create free trade areas and cover related matters such as intellectual property rights, government procurement, trade in services and capital movements. After examining trade relations between Europe and Latin America […]

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Journal article

Beyond development, what?

01/08/1998

17 pages long

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The authors begin to outline the epic now unfolding at the grassroots, arguing that pioneering social movements are groping for their liberation from the ‘Global Project’ being imposed upon them. Going beyond the premises and promises of modernity, people at the grassroots are re-inventing or creating afresh new intellectual and institutional frameworks. As is clear […]

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Journal article

Viewpoint

01/05/1997

12 pages long

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Viewpoint. With reference to ‘Transparency for accountability: civil-society monitoring of Multilateral Development Bank anti-poverty projects’, ‘Collaboration with the South: agents of aid or solidarity?’ and ‘The wrong path: the World Bank’s Country Assistance Strategy for Mexico’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Journal article

Junto con los ninos: street children in Mexico

01/02/1997

11 pages long

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A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight in cities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions of poverty. The article looks at the experience of street […]

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Journal article

Women’s legal knowledge: a case study of Mexican urban dwellers

01/06/1995

6 pages long

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Women’s legal knowledge: a case study of Mexican urban dwellers

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Since the workshop, I have never felt that I was alone in this struggle. I feel that my ‘companeras’ in the workshop are family. I feel protected, because I know that there will always be somebody to give me a hand. And you can be sure as hell that I am going to continue working […]

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Journal article

Generating income for social change: a Mexican experiment in solidarity

01/05/1995

7 pages long

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The paper presents a brief account of a development programme in southern Mexico. DESMI AC, a Mexican NGO based in the southern state of Chiapas, provides and encourages economic and educational assistance to groups of marginalised indigenous Indians, in order to help them improve their quality of life. In the early days, DESMI’s efforts were […]

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