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Introduction: Women, work, and the digital economy

07/12/2022

15 pages long

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Introduction: Women, work, and the digital economy

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This is the introduction to the journal issue on 'Women, work, and the digital economy'.

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Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

07/12/2022

21 pages long

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Problematising the digital gender gap: invoking decoloniality and intersectionality for inclusive policymaking

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The digital economy is seen as the latest phase in the socioeconomic development trajectory. There has been a proliferation of policy documents on ensuring gendered inclusion and addressing the ‘gender gap’ in the digital economy. Particularly in the context of the ‘third world’, there are large volumes of ‘evidence’ reported linking economic welfare through digital […]

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New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

07/12/2022

18 pages long

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New challenges for women workers in Brazil facing the wave of Industry 4.0 technologies

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This paper aims to understand how women’s work tends to be particularly affected by the new wave of Industry 4.0 technologies in Brazil and how public policies could actuate to reduce work gender inequalities throughout this process. We examine the 20 largest occupations for women and cross-check with estimates of automation for the Brazilian labour […]

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Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

07/12/2022

19 pages long

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Navigating the digital informal economy during the COVID-19 pandemic: vignettes of Sri Lankan micro- and small-scale entrepreneurs

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Globally, women have been disproportionally affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the impact has varied between groups of women, women in the informal sector, mainly those managing micro- and small-scale businesses, have been severely affected. Drawing on the case of urban Sri Lanka, this paper explores the challenges that women owners of micro- and small-scale […]

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Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

07/12/2022

20 pages long

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Transformative digital spaces? Investigating women’s digital mobilities in Pakistan

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This paper explores the intersection of work with access to and use of digital technologies and the resulting impact on women’s empowerment. Drawing on detailed in-depth interviews across Pakistan with low-literate, low-income women employed in three categories of work – domestic, factory, and home-based – we map how women’s work intersects with their access to […]

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Building agency: women vendors and gendered technology in informal markets in Assam

07/12/2022

14 pages long

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Building agency: women vendors and gendered technology in informal markets in Assam

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Demonetisation of the Indian economy in 2016 facilitated significant changes in the lifestyle of people, particularly in adoption of digital transactions in everyday life. While there have been studies on mobile phones and the digital divide even prior to demonetisation, the growing gender disparity in the use of new technologies for secure payment via UPI […]

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Gendered identities and digital inequalities: an exploration of the lived realities of the transgender community in the Indian digital welfare state

07/12/2022

19 pages long

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Gendered identities and digital inequalities: an exploration of the lived realities of the transgender community in the Indian digital welfare state

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With rapid digitalisation and technological advancements, the emergence of digital welfare states worldwide has become a reality. Broadly, the term digital welfare state refers to the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digital tools to transform public and welfare services, such as biometric identification systems and automated systems to verify the eligibility of […]

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Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

07/12/2022

23 pages long

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Gendered precarious employment in China’s gig economy: exploring women gig drivers’ intersectional vulnerabilities and resistances

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The article offers a timely study of the gendered experience of gig work in China and prioritises the nexus of an intersectional feminist approach to explore women workers’ situated problematics and precarious employment in ride-hailing platforms. Drawing on ‘chatnography’, conducted over a period of 17 months and semi-structured interviews with 30 women platform drivers, this […]

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When women enter male-dominated territories in the platform economy: gender inequalities among drivers and riders in Argentina

07/12/2022

26 pages long

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When women enter male-dominated territories in the platform economy: gender inequalities among drivers and riders in Argentina

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Platform labour, especially when it comes to its flexible schedules, may represent a job insertion possibility and a source of income for many women. However, such opportunities are not exempted from gender bias. This article inspects how the expansion of the platform economy affects gender inequalities by focusing on two platform occupations: ride-hailing and delivery […]

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Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

07/12/2022

17 pages long

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Food delivery workers in Mexico City: a gender perspective on the gig economy

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This article analyses the working conditions of women on food delivery digital platforms given that women’s experiences and gender inequality in this sector has been under-explored. Drawing on original survey and interview data on platform-based food delivery workers, we deploy an intersectional lens to explore the ways in which women, especially mothers and other caregivers, […]

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