In today's episode, we're talking about the transformative changes that have swept through Global South economies over the past decade. To better understand the evolving dynamics of the digital gig economy, we must understand how the rise of digital platforms has shifted the landscape of informal work.

Experts

Isha Bhallamudi, University of California (Irvine)

Sonakshi Agarwal, Labour and Digital Economy Researcher

Show Notes

1.19. Isha Bhallamudi: https://www.ishabhallamudi.com/

1.39. Sonakshi Agarwal: https://bit.ly/3UdXkkz

31.40. Centering Rights in the Platform Workplace, by Shreeja Sen, Sreyan Chatterjee, Sonakshi Agarwal, and Amoha Sharma: https://bit.ly/4dpRIvn

33.33. Decent Work vis-a-vis Workers’ Data Rights and Social Security Concerns in an Algorithmified Workplace, by Shreeja Sen, Sreyan Chatterjee, Sonakshi Agarwal: https://bit.ly/3Q1hmMV

34.48. Proposed Digital India Act, 2023: https://bit.ly/3JeawQr

35.20. Inputs to the Rajasthan Platform Based Gig Workers (Registration and Welfare) Bill, 2023, by Sreyan Chatterjee, Shreeja Sen, Nandini Chami: https://bit.ly/3Uf2M6P

36.38. Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers (IFAT): https://bit.ly/3Ue9A4A

36.43. All India Gig Workers Union (AIGWU): https://bit.ly/3VSCE2P

38.18. Uber BV and others (Appellants) v Aslam and others (Respondents): https://bit.ly/3vFDe9H

41.02. EU Platform Directive: https://bit.ly/3xzaAri

41.33. The Case for Femwork: Feminist Design Principles in Tech and Tech-Enabled Work, by Payal Arora and Usha Raman: https://bit.ly/3TVUj7p

43.06. Financial matters & motives: Insights into the various lives of gig workers; Gig Pulse Report, 2023: https://bit.ly/3TYnYwu

44.39. Namma yatri: https://nammayatri.in/

48.01. Gig Economy Project – Is sub-contracting becoming the new normal in the platform economy? https://bit.ly/3TNDT0I

48.48. Rapido pilots cab ride hailing and hyper local delivery: https://bit.ly/3TRWjgV

52.44. Centring Rights in the Platform Workplace, by Shreeja Sen, Sreyan Chatterjee, Sonakshi Agarwal, and Amoha Sharma: https://bit.ly/3VTq0AI

Check out our open access book: Feminist Futures of Work: Reimagining Labour in the Digital Economy, edited by Payal Arora, Usha Raman, René König: https://bit.ly/3TRmswi

Know more about our IDRC-funded initiative: https://femlab.co/

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