The WEdGE Workbook:
Women of Color Resource Center

The Women’s Education in the Global Economy (WEdGE) workbook offers seven popular education modules that treat issues such as environmental justice, sex trafficking, the feminization of the workforce in sweatshops, welfare, structural adjustment programs and movement building. The booklet is a project of the Women of Color Resource Center, based in Berkeley, California, and can be ordered through their website:

• http://www.coloredgirls.org/

Environmental Justice Workshop:
Women's Education in the Global Economy (WEdGE) Workbook
Women of Color Resource Center

The purpose of this module is to examine some of the environmental issues impacting women internationally and how women often form the core of grassroots movements for environmental justice. Participants will explore these themes through two exercises. The first exercise enables participants to examine environmental issues in their work places, homes, and communities. The second exercise looks at how women in different communities have been impacted by environmental degradation and what is being done to solve the problem. The workshop moves form indigenous lands in the U.S., to Adivasi tribes in India, to Kenyan women’s movements, to the battle against toxic pollution on the border, and so on. There is also an extensive list of organizations that can help participants and facilitators go deeper into the issues.

Download this file:

• Wedge EJ.pdf

Women's Rights are Human Rights Workshop:
Women's Education in the Global Economy (WEdGE) Workbook
Women of Color Resource Center

The purpose of this module is to examine human rights violations of migrant women workers and of women in the global sex trafficking industry. Participants will explore these themes through two exercises. The first exercise provides a basic orientation to women’s human rights through participants processing violations of their own rights. The second exercise enables participants to analyze the stories of migrant women and sex workers whose human rights were violated. There is also an extensive list of organizations that can help participants and facilitators go deeper into the issues.

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• Wedge Human Rights.pdf