Lourdes Medrano
Bio:
Lourdes Medrano writes for a variety of print and online publications. Her work has been featured in The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Post, Wired, The Atlantic, and more. She is a former reporter for daily newspapers, including the Star Tribune in Minneapolis and The Arizona Republic in Phoenix.
WMC Women Under Siege
September 29, 2017 | Lourdes Medrano |
Economy,
Gender-based violence,
Immigration,
Misogyny,
Violence against women
U.S. guest-worker programs systematically discriminate against women
Just out of graduate school in Mexico City, Lissette Marquez longed to travel the world on an American cruise ship. She was thrilled to obtain a guest-worker visa that allowed her to join a ship crew in California. But instead of the ideal job she had envisioned, Marquez said she found herself toiling long hours, earning less than a $4 hourly wage, and feeling isolated.
