India Challenges and Opportunities in the gig economy in a post-COVID world Challenges and Opportunities in the gig economy in a post-COVID world Investigating the interactions between gig workers and platforms Research Report | August 2022 An initiative by Research partner About the report This report is the outcome of a research undertaken in partnership with The Asia Foundation by Sattva, durin. [...] Adopting a multi-stakeholder approach that includes—platforms, workers, and policymakers - the research explores the opportunities and challenges in the gig economy, especially in a post-COVID world, and highlights the myriad ways in which the key actors and decision makers can come together to solve these and enable growth of this exciting sector for sustainable and equitable job-creation. [...] To study these aspects in detail, Sattva in partnership with The Asia Foundation undertook this study to understand the challenges and opportunities for platforms and platform gig-workers especially the women workers in light of the disruption caused by the pandemic. [...] • ~87% of women respondents in the survey work in the Personal and Homecare Services sector; around 10% of them work in the Transport and Logistics industry; and the remaining in the Food and Beverage Delivery industry. [...] Based on of our conversations with on-ground data collectors, platform gig-workers and platform representatives, and using publicly available data captured during the literature review phase, we find that women platform gig-workers form 4-5% of the platform gig workforce in the transport and logistics services and 1-2% of the workforce in the food and beverage delivery services.50 51 52 53 54 55 5.
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