INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST JOURNAL OF POLITICS

The increasingly globalizing economy and liberalizing trade has involved a vast amount of exploitation of natural resources by multinational corporations on Indigenous peoples' territories. There is also a correlation between the increasing globalization and rising levels of violence. The author presents an inter- sectional analysis that grasps interconnections between different forms of marginalization and moves past the "male-dominated conceptions of race and white-dominated conceptions of gender". She presents her argument of globalization as fostering sexual and racialized

As the first international instrument to correct the gender-blindness apparent in other human rights instruments, CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women) has encouraged global discourse about gender inequality. The author contends that it has provided a connection between rhetoric on women's rights and the diverse realities of women's lives and spurred communication between government and NGO actors, particularly IWRAW (International Women's Rights Action Watch).

This article assesses the impact of NAFTA on women workers, focusing on the garment industry in Ontario, Canada, and the maquiladoras industry in Mexico. The author traces the restructuring of the textile and manufacturing industry in Canada as a result of NAFTA and discusses how this has led to job reductions, depressed wages and working conditions for women. She then reviews policies adopted by the Mexican government aimed at inserting Mexico into the global economy and the resulting shifts in labour patterns within the maquiladoras in terms of both work structure and gender composition.