CSE EXAM ( UPSC prelims mains) CAPF

🔆GIG ECONOMY AND WOMEN

The gig economy, by its nature, offers many possibilities to facilitate the movement of more women into the workforce. The flexibility offered by gig platforms allows female workers to better manage unpaid care and paid work. However, despite these advantages, data shows that the FLPR has gone down over the last two decades.
✅This is because, Gig work has witnessed similar gendered division as has been evident in traditional work

CHALLENGES

✅Unequal access to digital technologies is a significant hurdle to women’s participation in gig work.
✅According to the GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report 2019, only 16 percent of women in India are mobile internet users
✅ Gender bias of Algorithms: Technology is supposed to be Gender neutral. But data driven algorithms on which most platform’s work are fully capable of reinforcing existing biases. The platform economy can inadvertently promote gendered work Ex: Recently, Amazon has developed an AI tool for screening resumes, but it ended up favouring male applicants since the data that was fed into making the tool was skewed in favour of male candidates
✅ Lack of social security and wage gap: The recently enacted labour codes on wages and social security recognised gig workers, ensured equal wages for both male and female and provided for social welfare schemes for them. However, wage gap and absence of social security benefits to women employees still prevalent in gig sector. For a lot of women workers, gig work is the primary source of income, which they cannot afford to lose. Consequently, they do not even raise disputes.
✅ Sexual harassment at workplace: Women employees in gig economy faces a greater risk of harassment by potential service users, in the form of verbal abuse, stalking or bullying.

Steps To Facilitate Women In Gig Economy :

✅ Bridge the gender digital divide
✅ online in-house transparent dispute redressal system by the platform, where women employees could complain if there is any problem that emerges during the service
✅Mandatory coverage of platform workers under schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
✅ Regular audit of AI based apps to remove any unintended bias against women

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🔆GIG ECONOMY AND WOMEN

The gig economy, by its nature, offers many possibilities to facilitate the movement of more women into the workforce. The flexibility offered by gig platforms allows female workers to better manage unpaid care and paid work. However, despite these advantages, data shows that the FLPR has gone down over the last two decades.
✅This is because, Gig work has witnessed similar gendered division as has been evident in traditional work

CHALLENGES

✅Unequal access to digital technologies is a significant hurdle to women’s participation in gig work.
✅According to the GSMA Mobile Gender Gap Report 2019, only 16 percent of women in India are mobile internet users
✅ Gender bias of Algorithms: Technology is supposed to be Gender neutral. But data driven algorithms on which most platform’s work are fully capable of reinforcing existing biases. The platform economy can inadvertently promote gendered work Ex: Recently, Amazon has developed an AI tool for screening resumes, but it ended up favouring male applicants since the data that was fed into making the tool was skewed in favour of male candidates
✅ Lack of social security and wage gap: The recently enacted labour codes on wages and social security recognised gig workers, ensured equal wages for both male and female and provided for social welfare schemes for them. However, wage gap and absence of social security benefits to women employees still prevalent in gig sector. For a lot of women workers, gig work is the primary source of income, which they cannot afford to lose. Consequently, they do not even raise disputes.
✅ Sexual harassment at workplace: Women employees in gig economy faces a greater risk of harassment by potential service users, in the form of verbal abuse, stalking or bullying.

Steps To Facilitate Women In Gig Economy :

✅ Bridge the gender digital divide
✅ online in-house transparent dispute redressal system by the platform, where women employees could complain if there is any problem that emerges during the service
✅Mandatory coverage of platform workers under schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
✅ Regular audit of AI based apps to remove any unintended bias against women

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