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Blog Entry User Experiences of Digital Financial Risks and Harms
by Amrita Sengupta, Chiara Furtado, Garima Agrawal, Nishkala Sekhar, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, and Yesha Tshering Paul — published Dec 15, 2023 — last modified Dec 22, 2023 04:05 PM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
The reach and use of digital financial services has risen in recent years without a commensurate increase in digital literacy and access. Through this project, supported by a grant from Google(.)org, we will examine the landscape of potential risks and harms posed by digital financial services, and the disproportionate risk that information asymmetry and barriers to access pose for users, especially certain marginalised communities.
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Blog Entry Strategies to Organise Platform Workers
by Chiaro Furtado — published Oct 22, 2023 — filed under: , , , , , , ,
In 2022, the Centre for Internet and Society hosted a panel with Akkanut Wantanasombut, Ayoade Ibrahim, Rikta Krishnaswamy, and Sofía Scasserra at RightsCon, an annual summit on technology and human rights.
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File Strategies to Organise Platform Workers
by Chiaro Furtado — published Oct 20, 2023 — filed under:
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PDC 2022
by Admin — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: ,
Divyansha Sehgal and Yatharth presented their work - Designing Domestic Work Platforms - on critical design assessments of gig work platforms at the Participatory Design Conference.
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As Equals: Frequently Asked Questions
by Admin — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: ,
Chiara Furtado was a panellist on the ‘As Equals’ series hosted by CNN since 2018 which aims to reveal what systemic gender inequality looks like. Chiara participated in a roundtable on digital harms and gender equality.
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Online cab booking | Why finding a cab is a nightmare now
by Haripriya Suresh — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: ,
Many drivers said the rise in commissions payable to ride-hailing platforms and higher fuel costs, among other expenses, have made it impossible for them to survive in the once-lucrative profession.
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Blog Entry Labouring (on) the app: agency and organisation of work in the platform economy
by Ambika Tandon and Abhishek Sekharan — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: , , ,
Ambika Tandon and Abhishek Sekharan published an academic paper highlighting the importance of women’s networks of information sharing and care in navigating opaque platform design. The paper is part of an issue of Gender and Development on ‘Women, Work and the Digital Economy’. Gender and Development is one of the few academic journals that priorities practitioners' experiences over theoretical contributions.
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Women at (gig) work: When financial freedom comes at a cost
by Aiswarya Raj — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: ,
Chiara Furtado was quoted in a news article on women’s experiences working on ride-hailing and delivery platforms.
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Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Beaten, and Abused in India
by Varsha Bansal — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: ,
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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India’s gig economy drivers face bust in the country’s digital boom
by Jagmeet Singh — published Jul 04, 2023 — filed under: ,
Workers on platforms like Uber, Ola and Swiggy deal with blocked accounts, other backlash for speaking out over poor conditions
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