Women, Work and ID

In emerging markets such as Kenya there is much more to learn about how platforms impact women’s lives especially during and after…

We’ll look at how unconscious biases become obvious barriers for women entering platform work and who needs to make it work better for…

There’s tension behind the flexibility of online work that platforms and policy makers need to recognize.

Tensions, actions and the way forward on women and platform work, especially in emerging economies.

ID is critical for women in finding work and therefore could be used as a driver to incentivise women to have agency over their own IDs.

While DFS provide great opportunities for women’s empowerment, technology shouldn’t create new challenges for women.

We interviewed 15 online workers in Sri Lanka to discuss the opportunities online work have opened for women and the role of ID.

What’s the role of ID in enabling women who work in garment factories to access work and to retain and control their own income?

ID is critical to obtaining work but not an obstacle. Learn more about ID’s role in domestic workers’ lives in Sri Lanka.

Women comprise an underserved demographic in terms of identification. This piece calls out 5 challenges that women face while accessing ID.

Sri Lanka is a country where ID does tend to work for women. Hear from some of the women we spoke to on their experiences.

What’s the role of an ID for women who do online work in Bangladesh?

An ID means access to better or formal work in the context of factory work, but ID standards are still being set, leading to workarounds.

Our work in Bangladesh offers insight into an ID’s role in domestic workers’ lives.

What is role of ID in enabling women to access a wider variety of income generating opportunities, or to retain and control their income?

To what extent does identification help women get stable, secure work in emerging economies?

Today is International Women’s Day. Many topics will be discussed, from women and health to women’s STEM education, politics and rights not…