by dankeelan | Oct 3, 2023 | Gender, Gig Workers
Cleaners, couriers and cabbies from around the world are creating new apps to better balance their gig work with the chores of motherhood and marriage, skirting sexist algorithms that penalise women who put home before work. From Brazil to South Africa, female gig...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2023 | Gender, Mentoring
Across many sectors, value statements regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have taken center stage. In our own field of higher education, institutions have started placing great emphasis on diversifying their faculty and their student bodies. However,...
by dankeelan | Oct 11, 2021 | Diversity, Featured, Gender
The FT’s Women in Business Forum hears Gill Whitty-Collins tell the FT’s Brooke Masters why gender equality is key to building stronger businesses and societies. Watch Here
by dankeelan | Aug 17, 2021 | Future of Work, Gender
In May 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown, our research team, including collaborators Yana van der Muelen Rogers, Elaine Zundl, and Sevinc Ulu, conducted a survey of working adults. We found that the early months of the pandemic ushered in an unforeseen...
by dankeelan | Apr 6, 2021 | Featured, Gender, Gig Workers, Remote Work
It’s been a year since COVID-19 reshaped the working world for many professionals. For employees accustomed to being in an office environment, the shift to working remotely seemed a small sacrifice to make to keep their jobs in the face of a looming economic...
by dankeelan | Mar 16, 2021 | Africa, Featured, Gender
The gig economy in Africa has grown significantly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, serving as a stopgap for consumers when businesses shut down during lockdowns, and offering employment for those shut out from formal and even informal opportunities....
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