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4. Recognise that the glass escalator effect is not equally accessible to all men in traditionally female-dominated jobs. 5.Situate the feminization of the platform economy within the framework of coloniality and caste power dynamics.

This highlights the need to: 1Historicize platform work. 2Understand it through the lenses of dignity, respectability, region, caste, class, and gender. 3Consider work conditions beyond the immediate context.

For Nai men, moving work from barbershops to homes evokes memories of slavery and caste-based humiliation.

While this scholarship has value, it overlooks the unique South Asian context where beauty work, deemed ritually impure, is performed by marginalised castes like the Nai. By examining men's roles in beauty work both on and off platforms, this study reveals new dynamics.

Despite the growing literature on digital care platforms and gender dynamics, academic focus on the platform economy is split. It often highlights (migrant) men in visible, ‘masculine’ roles (delivery , driving etc) , while women perform less visible, feminised work.

Excited to announce that FEMLAB team member Sai Amulya's paper, "Men in Beauty Care Work and Feminisation of Digital Labour Platforms," has been accepted for presentation at NCA'24! @Wits_SCIS 🎉 It explores how caste and gender shape beauty work in South Asia's platform economy.

In #FemWork's final episode, we hear from @3Lmantra, @ShaikTgfwda & Jamil Wyne about how we can create a better #FutureOfWork: bit.ly/3UHUhjJ @IDRC_CRDI @UniUtrecht @TGPWU @JJNglobal @ilo @TowardsFairWork @HydUniv

From regulatory complexities to algorithmic exploitation and gender disparities, we discuss how transformations in the digital economy continue to have implications on workers' rights. @ilo @JJNglobal @TowardsFairWork @HydUniv

Here's a teaser to episode 5 of our @IDRC_CRDI podcast #FemWork with @isha_bhallamudi & @truthfultrash. Full episode🔗: spoti.fi/3ykugPR #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy

All about workplace considerations—the myriad places where informal workers engage in labour—and how these affect workers’ identities & perceptions with @karishma__m__, @SalonieM, @speakerfit & Nikhil Reddy 🔊 bit.ly/44taC0m @sewa @IDRC_CRDI @OhioState @GeorgiaStateU

@IDRC_CRDI @ilo @JJNglobal @TowardsFairWork @HydUniv

Checked out our #FemWork podcast yet? In episode 3, we feature @usharaman & @AnilaBacker & discuss women’s unpaid domestic labour and the continued devaluation of women workers when they work in formal or even informal jobs. 🔊 spoti.fi/3Ufjx0n #feminism #RightToWork

Missed episode 1? Listen to it here: bit.ly/3Jgzj6l. Follow #FemWork on your favorite podcast app. @IDRC_CRDI @HydUniv @JJNglobal

What does it mean to distinguish work and workers into 'formal' and 'informal'? And how does the digital gig/platform economy exacerbate issues of labor #dignity? Listen to episode 2 of #FemWork with @usharaman & @sabinadewan: bit.ly/3vNwneq

In episode 1 of #FemWork, we're unpacking the question: What is work, especially in the digital age. 🎤 @sosurie of @iihsin & Prof @3Lmantra: bit.ly/3Jgzj6l #FemWork #Work #WomensWork #DigitalLabour #GigEconomy #DigitalEconomy @UniUtrecht @IDRC_CRDI