The Deal We Always Wanted: A Feminist Action Framework for the Digital Economy issued by the @FESonline #WorkingGroup on #Feminist Visions of #FutureOfWork is now LIVE!

Check it out: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/17008.pdf

Key findings: https://www.fes.de/en/themenportal-gender-jugend/gender/the-future-is-feminist/the-deal-we-always-wanted

#GSWF2020 (1/15)

This #framework explores the identifies the #BigTech-led restructuring of the global #economy & addresses it by envisioning a #feminist #DigitalEconomy. It begins by answering the question: Why must #feminists be concerned about the #Digital Economy? (2/15) #FutureofWork

New #technologies, #digitalisation, automation & #AI are transforming the #FutureofWork. The #DigitalRevolution promises #economic growth but whether #women will have access to these technologies, better eco. opportunities & empowering work arrangements remains to be seen. (3/15)

The structure of the #digitaleconomy is exacerbating #inequality, & deepening the #feminisation of #poverty. The accumulation of #data by #BigTech gives them the #intelligence advantage to re-engineer global #ValueChains using data-based predictions. (4/15)

Aided by #VentureCapital, #BigTech has gained #monopolistic control over particular sectors while entrenching their stakes through horizontal & vertical integration, making the #globaleconomy more unequal. (5/15)

The business model of #transnational #digital companies is characterized by #data #extractivism.
#Bodies, intimate #lifeworlds as well as all #social & #natural phenomena are now #commodified by #BigTech as the raw material for #capitalist #exploitation & accumulation. (6/15)

To combat this, we need a feminist action framework that recognizes the injustices of digital capitalism as a global paradigm sustained by a neo-colonial ideology; & addresses the extractivism & exclusion reflected at the intersection of #gender, class, #race, #caste etc. (7/15)

What are some of the central elements of a feminist action framework?
- Transformative new #multilateralism in the #DigitalAge
- #BigTech accountability
- Feminist #DigitalInfrastructure policies
These elements must feed into a roadmap of actions that feminists must pursue (8/15)

A #global data #constitutionalism to form the basis of a #democratic #international order is urgently needed. All countries & peoples must be able to autonomously pursue #data & #AI strategies towards sustainable, equitable & #gender-just #development. (9/15)

A new #multilateralism for #development in the #digitalage calls for #South-South cooperation, tax #justice, equitable & fair trade, universal #labor guarantees & #public investments in #care #infrastructure. (10/15)

#BigTech must be #accountable for protecting #women’s #HumanRights through a global governance framework for the #PlatformEconomy, including an international legally-binding treaty on #TransnationalCorporations to address corporate impunity & the assault on #WomensRights. (11/15)

The #tech #industry must adopt #TechnoDesign standards that dismantle #algorithmic cultures normalizing #patriarchy & sustaining #misogyny. (12/15)

The potential of #data & #intelligence capital must be reclaimed to promote a #social & #solidarity-based #economy that #feminist economics has long acknowledged as the alternative to capitalist #exploitation, as part of feminist digital infrastructure policies. (13/15)

#Feminist digital infrastructure policies must also aid women’s participation in the #DigitalEconomy through programs for #DigitalSkills; public #data, cloud & AI infrastructure for women’s enterprises; & design for accountability in public digital systems. (14/15)

In conclusion, we must prepare for a new epoch by building #CrossMovement, global-to-local links b/w #feminist orgs, #LaborRights #activists, global #TradeJustice advocates, & pro-democracy coalitions globally & regionally to protect women’s rights in the digital economy. (15/15)