Ecosystems of Engagement: Digital Platforms and Women's Work in Sri Lanka and India

End of Project report for a collaboration between IIHS, Center for Policy Research, World Resources Institute and Lirne Asia.

We sought to answer the following research questions through this study:

(1) What is the nature of engagement between Indian and Sri Lankan women and the platform

economy?

(2) What are the enabling and challenging factors women face when interacting with and

seeking work through platforms? Is there a gendered aspect to these factors?

(3) To what extent does platform work improve women’s participation in the workforce,

empower them economically, and change or perpetuate gendered norms of work that exist

offline?

Responding to the overall objective of improving the nature of women’s engagement with the

platform ecosystem, the research was built atop a robust theoretical framework and designed to

conduct primary enquiries with employers, i.e., platform firms as well as worker, i.e., platform

participants

Report accessible here