In this article, Elvia Arriola speaks on the unjust policies and treatments of global employment. These unjust policies and treatments have led to murders and the "violence of poverty."
This article sheds light on some critical aspects of globalization. Arriola speaks on the crisis of femicide in Ciudad Juarez due to the upcoming of industrialization. Women are being targeted and murdered attributed to, from my knowledge, the lack of liability of these companies along the border. How can this iniquity proceed for so long with no forms of actions being set in place to avoid further femicide? Why don't these women who are driven to improve their everyday life and lives of their loved ones matter enough to the governments to have some policies for their protection or for better treatment in the work place?
If it is mainly women who take on the jobs, what will happen when the fear of being killed trumps the desire of working for these industries? I assume this will be a conflict with the production within these industries. Wouldn't you think someone would raise an eyebrow to this, and say "Ok, let's lay down some laws, let's protect these women, let's give these women better work environments." After all, they are the ones doing the heavy lifting for you! Instead, "we are not responsible" is the response given. I feel as if there were more liabilities set in place for the murders and unjust policies and treatments in the industries, we would see a decrease in the numbers of murders.
Though I agree indefinitely about industrialization being the main cause of the continued murders occurring in Ciudad Juarez, I must also agree that poverty is a factor as well. Receiving some income for production is more important than the lives of the women being killed. These women will literally die trying to make a living and make ends meet. Poverty plays roll in many other leading aspects around the globe. For example, so many young children being killed in Illinois over the past years just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, some of these kids also being swept in the wrong crowds outside of schools. If these same men who have such bad influences on young kids had an opportunity at a better education and career there would be, in my opinion, different dynamics. Instead of this man influencing young kids to join the wrong crowd and make the wrong decisions, it would be this man encouraging kids to stay in school, go after that job, which would reduce the murders of children.
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What can we do to begin reconstructing governments to reduce poverty instead pf penalizing citizens, making them feel as if though their lives, education, sanity, overall humanity aren't valuable?
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