Murder in Juarez: Gender, Sexual Violence, and the Global Assembly Line

‘Nacimos de la nada’: border struggles and maternal politics in Mexico

“…In so doing, they also challenge state institutions within a highly conflict-ridden and militarized border setting. Moreover, they relate these claims to even broader claims for women's citizenship rights, such as political and social participation, labor rights, and social security (see Livingston 2014).…”

Constructing girlhood, narrating violence: Desert Blood, If I Die in Juárez, and “Women of Juárez”

“…Some have argued that the shift caused by NAFTA and globalization in the distribution of manufacturing labor has caused complicated class relationships both nationally and internationally so that spaces and people have been transformed by new labor practices. Jessica Livingston (2004) claims that although ethnicity and the perception of Mexicans as cheap labor for US-owned companies were certainly a part of the move to Juárez for production sites, "once the factories are operating, gender plays a significant role in both obscuring and maintaining class relations in the new international division of labor" (60). Young women are thought of as cheap and disposable labor, contributing to a system that makes it possible to kill them without consequence.…”

Engaging Men in the Fight against Gender Violence

“…Donna Pankhurst (2008) also notes that the backlash discourse is "often about 'restoring' something associated with peace in the past" (p. 31), even if women weren't actually homemakers before the war. This model has been applied to the rape and murder of maquiladora workers in Juarez (Livingston, 2004;Weissman, 2004) and in several East African refugee populations (Jaji, 2009;Silberschmidt, 2001). The problems with this approach are numerous.…”