Editing Maquiladora (section)

=== Gendered violence in the maquiladora labor force ===
Allegedly, women are not allowed to be pregnant while working. Some maquilas require female workers to take pregnancy tests. Some require that workers resign if they are pregnant.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":53">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/the-maquiladora-workers-of-juarez-find-their-voice/|title=The Maquiladora Workers of Juarez Find Their Voice|last=Bacon|first=David|date=20 November 2015|journal=The Nation|access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref> Female applicants are made to take pregnancy tests and are only hired if not pregnant, and women that become pregnant while working at maquila factories are given more strenuous tasks and forced to work unpaid overtime to influence them to resign.<ref name=":02"/><ref name=":6" /> [[Human Rights Watch]] wrote a report in 1996 about the failures of the government to address this issue despite the fact that pregnancy testing violates Mexican federal labor law.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/1996/08/17/mexicos-maquiladoras-abuses-against-women-workers|title=Mexico's Maquiladoras: Abuses Against Women Workers|date=1996-08-17|website=Human Rights Watch}}</ref> These practices have continued into the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sandiegofreepress.org/2014/10/a-tour-of-tijuanas-maquiladoras/#.W_ydG_ZFxPY|title=A Tour of Tijuana'a Maquiladoras|last=Zaragoza|first=Barbara|date=2014|website=San Diego Free Press}}</ref> Once on the job, many women face sexual harassment by supervisors and find no help from human resources.<ref name=":53"/>

Due to the cruel and horrific appearances of violence against women in Mexican society, feminists have been working at the community level to end sexual violence against women in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, many years before the [[#MeToo]] movement was even conceived. Sociologists and feminists wonder whether the #MeToo movement has already taken root in Mexico and if so, how? Sociologists and feminists ask themselves questions such as: Has Ciudad Juárez's #MeToo movement made an influence on women's lives there? If so, by how much and why? This article explores the significance of maquiladoras and how the working conditions there have impacted women as well, by allowing the exploitation of women. Finally, the article successfully communicates all of its ideas through a thorough discussion between its authors.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=González-López |first1=Gloria |last2=Cabrera |first2=Lydia Cordero |date=2021 |title=The Borders of #MeToo: A Conversation about Sexual Violence Against Women in Ciudad Juárez |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/ff.2021.0054 |journal=Feminist Formations |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=333–350 |doi=10.1353/ff.2021.0054 |s2cid=245505618 |issn=2151-7371}}</ref>

[[Rita Laura Segato|Rita Segato]] is an Argentine-Brazilian scholar who also identifies as a feminist and has a sociological point of view, makes an effort to make sense of the femicides that occur in Ciudad Juárez. Segato examines the violence, bigotry, and ego with which Mexican men treat their women. These women are typically young ladies who are small, dark skinned, with long hair and work largely in the maquiladora labor force... In comparison to other parts of Mexico, Ciudad Juárez is a risky place for women to live. These Mexican men view these women's bodies as ''throwaway'' and ''erasable objects'' that they can use anyway they choose. As if that weren't clear, the bodies of women from the Mexican border continue to be consumed by misogyny that has reached the most dreadful level of brutality.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Segato |first=Rita Laura |date=2008-04-01 |title=La escritura en el cuerpo de las mujeres asesinadas en Cd. Juárez: territorio, soberanía y crímenes de segundo estado |journal=Debate Feminista |volume=37|language=es|doi=10.22201/cieg.2594066xe.2008.37.1354 |doi-broken-date=13 April 2025 |issn=2594-066X|doi-access=free }}</ref> Many women are injured in maquilas. Intense work pace and pressure on high production leads to injuries including upper back, neck, and shoulder pain. Many maquilas do not report accidents and workers are not compensated for injuries received on the job.<ref name=":02" /> [[Workplace hazard]]s include toxic chemicals, and workplaces lack health and safety practices like ventilation and face masks.<ref name=":02" /> The men in authority severely exploit these women, which makes matters worse.