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Gender and gig work: Perspectives from domestic work in India
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Ambika Tandon
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Dec 07, 2021
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Gender,
Gig Work,
Researchers at Work
Platforms have the potential to be instrumental in protecting workers rights, but the current platform design is not optimised to protect workers’ interests especially those of women in the gig economy, argues Ambika Tandon, a senior researcher at the Centre for Internet and Society in India and an author of the report on ‘Platforms, Power and Politics: Perspectives from Domestic and Care Work in India’.
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Gender, Health, & Surveillance in India - A Panel Discussion
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Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon
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published
Dec 23, 2020
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last modified
Dec 23, 2020 02:03 PM
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filed under:
Data Systems,
RAW Events,
Gender,
Reproductive and Child Health,
Surveillance,
Researchers at Work,
Event
Women and LGBTHIAQ-identifying persons face intensive and varied forms of surveillance as they access reproductive health systems. Increasingly, these systems are also undergoing rapid digitisation. The panel was set-up to discuss the discursive, experiential and policy implications of these data-intensive developments on access to public health and welfare systems by women and LGBTHIAQ-identifying persons in India. The panelists presented studies undertaken as part of two projects at CIS, one of which is supported by Privacy International, UK, and the other by Big Data for Development network established by International Development Research Centre, Canada.
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Gig and platform workers’ perspectives on worker collectives
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by
Shaik Salauddin
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published
Aug 13, 2024
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filed under:
Digital Labour,
Researchers at Work,
Labour Futures,
Digital Economy
This report highlights findings from a survey conducted by the Telangana Gig and Platform Workers’ Union on platform workers’ perspectives around various worker collectives, particularly platform worker unions and cooperative societies. The survey was conducted with workers working for app-based platform companies like Ola, Uber, InDriver, Swiggy, Zomato, and Flipkart.
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Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Beaten, and Abused in India
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Varsha Bansal
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Jul 04, 2023
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Labour Futures,
Researchers at Work
An Uber driver was mugged. An Ola driver was beaten and left in a coma. Platform workers say tech companies are doing little to protect them.
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Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms
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Admin
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published
Jul 04, 2023
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filed under:
Labour Futures,
Researchers at Work
Ambika Tandon was a panellist at the launch event for the Global Perspectives on Women, Work and Digital Labour Platforms organized by Digital Future Society on July 13, 2022 on online platform.
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Governing Speech on the Internet: From the Free Marketplace Policy to a Controlled 'Public Sphere'
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Smarika Kumar
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Aug 28, 2015
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last modified
Aug 28, 2015 05:57 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Judiciary,
RAW Blog,
69A,
Censorship,
Section 66A,
Researchers at Work
This post by Smarika Kumar is part of the 'Studying Internets in India' series. Smarika is a consultant with Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. She is interested in issues concerning law and technology. In this essay, Smarika explores how through the use of policy and regulation, the private marketplace of the internet is sought to be reined in and reconciled to the public sphere, which is mostly represented through legislations governing the internet.
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Habits of Living: Global Networks, Local Affects
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Wendy Chun, Kelly Dobson, Matthew Fuller and Eivind Rossaak
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Mar 23, 2012
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last modified
Oct 24, 2015 01:38 PM
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Net Cultures,
Researchers at Work,
Research
“Networks” have become a defining concept of our epoch. From high-speed financial networks that erode national sovereignty to networking sites like Facebook that transform the meaning of the word “friend,” from blogs that foster new political alliances to unprecedented globe-spanning viral vectors that threaten world-wide catastrophe, networks allegedly encapsulate what’s new and different.
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How are Indian Newspapers Adapting to the Rise of Digital Media?
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jul 06, 2016
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last modified
Jul 06, 2016 02:28 PM
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Digital News,
Journalism,
Digital Knowledge,
Research,
Digital Media,
Researchers at Work
How are Indian newspapers adapting to the transition to digital news production, distribution, and consumption? How are they changing their journalistic work, their newsroom organisations, and their distribution strategies as digital media become more important? These are the questions we are pursuing in a joint pilot project with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.
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How Green is the Internet? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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Aishwarya Panicker
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Sep 23, 2016
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Sep 23, 2016 05:02 AM
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Researchers at Work,
RAW Blog,
Environmental Impact
This essay by Aishwarya Panicker is part of the 'Studying Internet in India' series. The author draws attention to the fact that there is little data, debate, analysis, and examination of the environmental impact of the internet, which is true especially for India. She explores four central issue areas. First, as the third highest country in terms of internet use, what is the current environmental impact of internet usage in India? Second, are there any regulatory provisions that give prescriptive measures to data centres and providers? Third, do any global standards exist in this regard and finally, what future steps can be taken (by the government, civil society and individuals) to address this?
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Hyper-connected, Hyper-lonely?
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Nilofar Ansher
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Jun 11, 2012
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last modified
Apr 24, 2015 11:57 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Researchers at Work,
Digital Natives
The Digital Natives newsletter, part of the 'Digital Natives with a Cause?' project, invites contributions to its April-May 2012 double issue.
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