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For future economic growth, invest in care

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

4 min readNov 12, 2023

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For future economic growth, invest in care

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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…

4 min readJul 15, 2023

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Trade and Gender Equality: Insights from Honduras

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Bama Athreya

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…

4 min readJan 6, 2022

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Gig Work Around the World: Looking Back, Looking Forward

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Bama Athreya

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…

7 min readDec 28, 2021

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

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Bama Athreya

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.

6 min readDec 13, 2021

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

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Bama Athreya

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…

5 min readDec 10, 2021

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Addressing gender-based violence in the gig economy

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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…

10 min readDec 1, 2021

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Social Relations under Surveillance Capitalism: Is Solidarity Still Possible?

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Bama Athreya

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…

11 min readOct 6, 2021

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

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Bama Athreya

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…

4 min readSep 28, 2021

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March On: What Did We Achieve?

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Bama Athreya

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…

5 min readSep 3, 2021

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

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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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