Over the past twenty-five years, nongovernment organizations (NGOs) run by women and devoted to advancing women's well-being have proliferated in Mexico and along both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. In this sociological analysis of grassroots activism, Milagros PeNa compares women's NGOs in two regions--the state of MichoacAn in central Mexico and the border region encompassing El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad JuArez, Mexico. In both MichoacAn and the border region, women have organized to confront a variety of concerns, including domestic violence, the growing number of single women who are...
Over the past twenty-five years, nongovernment organizations (NGOs) run by women and devoted to advancing women's well-being have proliferated in Mexi...