Gender-based violence in the context of the future of work: a qualitative review of the literature

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• dc.contributor.author Galán Julve, Susana
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-04T11:00:36Z
• dc.date.available 2024-11-04T11:00:36Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 02-09-2024
• dc.description.abstract Discussions about the Future of Work have become ubiquitous both in academic and international organizations’ discourse. As part of these developments, the platform economy has revolutionized work practices and relationships. Despite the emergence of a burgeoning literature on platform studies, little is known about whether and to what extent platform work exacerbates the risk of gender-based violence among workers. This review article examines 39 academic articles, book chapters, reports, and conference papers published between 2016 and 2023 using qualitative content analysis to provide a preliminary understanding of empirical data on this issue. The reviewed studies were selected using relevant keywords on the basis of a database of 175 studies examining the platform economy with gender perspective, complemented with additional sources identified during the review. The main findings are: platform workers across sectors are vulnerable to gender-based violence, especially those at the intersection of several axes of subordination; platforms’ socio-technological features exacerbate the risk of gender-based violence; (fear of) gender-based violence limits women’s access to platform work and the economic benefits derived from it; most platforms lack effective preventative and redressal mechanisms against violence; and, faced with platforms’ inaction, workers adopt individual and collective measures to address (the risk of) gender-based violence in platform work. The analysis also evidences the need for more research on intersectional vulnerabilities, particularly with regard to sexual orientation and gender expression and identity, as well as on the physical and psychological impact of gender-based violence on platform workers, which provides avenues for future research.
• dc.description.sponsorship The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This publication is part of the R+D+i Project “Gender equality qualities of the platform economy. A framework of analysis” (Digital Gender) (concession nr. PID2020-115065RB-I00), funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/.
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• dc.identifier.citation Galán S. Gender-based violence in the context of the future of work: a qualitative review of the literature. Trauma, Violence & Abuse. 2024 Sep 2. DOI: 10.1177/15248380241271374
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15248380241271374
• dc.identifier.issn 1524-8380
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68421
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publications
• dc.relation.ispartof Trauma, Violence & Abuse. 2024 Sep 2
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/granAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-115065RB-I00
• dc.rights Galán S, Gender-based violence in the context of the future of work: a qualitative review of the literature, Trauma, Violence & Abuse. 2024 Sep 2. © The Author(s) 2024. DOI: 10.1177/15248380241271374
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• dc.subject.keyword Future of work
• dc.subject.keyword Platform economy
• dc.subject.keyword Platform work
• dc.subject.keyword Gender-based violence
• dc.subject.keyword Sexual harassment
• dc.subject.keyword Cyberviolence
• dc.subject.keyword Intersectionality
• dc.title Gender-based violence in the context of the future of work: a qualitative review of the literature
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