The following excerpt is from an April 23, 2010 article published by the Latin American Herald Tribune. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
GUATEMALA CITY – The majority of Guatemala’s textile and food-processing plants are exploiting their female workers, according to a study presented here Thursday by the London-based Doctors of the World aid organization.
The study was carried out between 2006 and 2009 among 530 female workers at maquiladoras, or textile mills, and agro-food-processing plants in the southwestern provinces of Chimaltenango and Sacatepequez, Pilar Giraux, who has headed up the DOW mission in Guatemala since 2005, told reporters.
These factories, which import materials and equipment duty-free and target most of their production for export, exploit and discriminate against their female workforce, taking advantage of their low educational levels, according to the study…
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