Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: List Of Bluetooth Profiles, Free-Trade Zone, Maquiladora

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Jessica Polzer

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Lecture 22 human rights as a framework of health. Maquila, free trade zones, epzs (export processing zones) Export processing zones an industrial zone with special incentives set up to attract foreign investors, where imported materials undergo some degree of processing before being re-exported. How prevalent are epa/maquilas: 2002- approx. 116 countries with epzs which employed 37 million peoples, and. 30 million in china: 2012 the mexican maquiladora industry employs 1,851,432 people in 5,093 plants. Gendered workplaces often employ young women: one of the few ways to gain employment for them. Maquiladora industry in mexico (cid:862)an integral part of the economic and social structure of the entire united states- Mexi(cid:272)o (cid:271)order(cid:863: cheaper labour, fewer or lower taxes, lack of enforcement, lack of environmental regulations, willingness of mexican government to overlook its own laws to protect worker. What were the stated goals of the bip: reduce unemployment in mexico, stimulate industrial development by attracting foreign investment.