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« Grandes Lignes » is the podcast of Éditions Agence française de développement which deciphers in less than 20 minutes the major questions of research on sustainable development with AFD experts.

EPISODE 6 : GENDER & DIGITAL LABOUR IN ARGENTINA

According to the International Labour Office WESO 2021 report, the development of digital labour platforms has the potential to provide workers, including women, people with disabilities, young people and migrant workers with income-generating opportunities. In developing and emerging countries, location-based platforms are regarded as a promising source of work opportunities, but are also accompanied by some challenges.

What has been the impact of the rise of the "Platform Economy" on entrenched notions of the gendered division of labour in Argentina ?

Listen to AFD expert, Cecilia Poggi, author of the publication " Labour Transitions that lead to Platform Work: Towards Increased Formality ? Evidence from Argentina "  to understand how, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the labour conditions of location-based platforms’ workers have been subject to increased scrutiny. In the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area, what has been the impact of the rise of the “platform economy” on entrenched notions of the gendered division of labour ?

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