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For future economic growth, invest in care

Bama Athreya and Jamille Bigio, Opinion, The Hill (November 12, 2023)

Nov 12, 2023

For future economic growth, invest in care

Nov 12, 2023

Bama Athreya

Trade and Gender Equality: Insights from Honduras

In early June, I had the opportunity to see how the United States has used trade to advance gender equality while on an interagency…

Jul 15, 2023

Trade and Gender Equality: Insights from Honduras

Jul 15, 2023

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Gig Work Around the World: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Have we shifted the Overton Window on the gig economy? Looking back at changes in law, labor markets, and attitudes toward tech in 2021…

Jan 6, 2022

Gig Work Around the World: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Jan 6, 2022

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Bringing precarity home: digitized piece work and the fiction of flexibility

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a global transition to digital mediation of work. For some, this has meant work previously done at…

Dec 28, 2021

Bringing precarity home: digitized piece work and the fiction of flexibility

Dec 28, 2021

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Gig Workers are in the Driver’s Seat in Europe. Is There Hope for the US?

Major legal and regulatory victories in the UK and EU should boost momentum for strengthening gig worker rights in the United States.

Dec 13, 2021

Gig Workers are in the Driver’s Seat in Europe. Is There Hope for the US?

Dec 13, 2021

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Addressing gender-based violence in the gig economy

Bama Athreya, Fellow, Open Society Foundations and Gillian Dowie, Senior Program Officer, Employment and Growth, International Development…

Dec 10, 2021

Addressing gender-based violence in the gig economy

Dec 10, 2021

Bama Athreya

Social Relations under Surveillance Capitalism: Is Solidarity Still Possible?

The ongoing global pandemic has accelerated our transition to a platform economy. Platforms are disrupting traditional labor relations. And…

Dec 1, 2021

Social Relations under Surveillance Capitalism: Is Solidarity Still Possible?

Dec 1, 2021

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Want a Working Democracy? Try Democratizing Work. — Inequality.org

After firing employees who objected to company policy, Google is facing an unfair labor practices case with huge implications for the…

Oct 6, 2021

Want a Working Democracy? Try Democratizing Work. — Inequality.org

Oct 6, 2021

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March On: What Did We Achieve?

On August 28, I brought my family to the National Mall to join March On for Voting Rights. It’s hard to know whether you’re making history…

Sep 28, 2021

March On: What Did We Achieve?

Sep 28, 2021

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Trade Policy Won’t Work for Workers Till it Works for Women — Foreign Policy in Focus

Gender justice advocates have been waiting for far too long for trade justice. Women’s rights organizations have been pointing this out…

Sep 3, 2021

Trade Policy Won’t Work for Workers Till it Works for Women — Foreign Policy in Focus

Sep 3, 2021

Bama Athreya

Bama Athreya

Expert on labor, gender equity and workplace social inclusion, labor migration and trafficking. Interested in the intersection of tech and social movements.

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