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Roundtable on India’s Gig-work Economy: by Noopur Raval, Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia, and Simiran Lalvani — published Feb 05, 2020 — last modified May 19, 2020 06:36 AM — filed under: Gender, Digital Labour, Research, Platform-Work, Future of Work, Network Economies, Researchers at Work, Mapping Digital Labour in India
Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This roundtable discussion marks the end of our series on 'India’s Gig-work Economy' published by the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). In this discussion, the researchers reflect on methods, challenges, inter-subjectivities and possible future directions for research on the topic. Listen to the audio track below or read the transcript for the full discussion.
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Social Entitlements for the Transgender Community: by Deepa Krishnappa and Tasneem Mewa — published Jul 14, 2020 — filed under: Gender, Digital ID, Data Systems
This report has been authored by Deepa Krishnappa and Tasneem Mewa, and edited by Ambika Tandon, Gurshabad Grover and Rajesh Srinivas.
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Stakeholder Consultation on Digital Assets for Women’s Economic Empowerment | UN Women + SEWA: by Admin — published Dec 15, 2019 — last modified Apr 07, 2020 01:14 PM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
On December 06, 2019, Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi participated in a "Stakeholder Consultation on Digital Assets for Women’s Economic Empowerment: Addressing Barriers and Enhancing Opportunities for Women in Informal Economy and in Agriculture".
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
The Gay Pride Charade: by Nishant Shah — published Jul 25, 2016 — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
For most of the milllenials, news is formed by trends, what goes viral, and often open to speculation, projection, manipulation and deceit.
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Unbox Festival 2019: CIS organizes two Workshops: by Saumyaa Naidu — published Feb 17, 2019 — last modified Feb 26, 2019 01:53 AM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance, Artificial Intelligence
Centre for Internet & Society organized two workshops at the Unbox Festival 2019, in Bangalore, on 15 and 17 February 2019.
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Use of mobile phones by vulnerable communities: A survey of sex workers and gay men in Karnataka: by Megha Malnad, Parimala, Nagina, and Tasneem Mewa — published Jul 14, 2020 — filed under: Digital Access, Gender, Online Harassment
This report has been authored by Megha Malnad, Parimala, Nagina, and Tasneem Mewa, and edited by Ambika Tandon, Gurshabad Grover and Rajesh Srinivas.
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Why The New Government Policy Mandating Panic Buttons On Phones Isn’t Going To Protect Women: by Prasad Krishna — published May 15, 2016 — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
Recently, the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad tweeted about new rules mandating a panic button in every cell phone sold in the country from January 2017. To keep ladies safe, of course.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Wikiwomen’s Meetup at St. Agnes College Explores Potentials and Plans of Women Editors in Mangalore, Karnataka: by Ting-Yi Chang — published Sep 01, 2016 — last modified Sep 01, 2016 02:39 PM — filed under: CIS-A2K, Access to Knowledge, Gender, Konkani Wikipedia, Kannada Wikipedia, Event
Karnataka is known for its diverse linguistic cultures. Aside from Kannada, many are native speakers of Konkani, Tulu, and other languages. A small Wikiwomen's meetup was held on Saturday, August 27th at St. Agnes College, Mangalore, to invite female Wikipedians from the region. Many of them were new to the online encyclopedia but demonstrated strong interest in learning and contributing more Indic language content online.
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Women on Covid lists get lewd calls and messages: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2021 — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
Perverts are eating into precious time in the middle of a pandemic and adding to the overall anxiety.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Women's Safety? There is an App for That: by Rohini Lakshané — published May 19, 2016 — last modified Jan 10, 2017 02:48 AM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
“After locking ourselves in a room for more than 6 days, this is what we came out [sic] with. Join us in helping make WOMEN feel SAFE,” read a gloating press release about a smartphone app for women to notify their near ones that they were in distress. It was one among many such PRs frequently landing in my mailbox after the rape and murder of a young student on board a private bus in Delhi in 2012.
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