The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy.
There are now over seven million digital platform workers that live all over the world, doing work that is outsourced via platforms or apps. Lacking the ability to collectively bargain, platform workers have little ability to negotiate wages and working conditions with their employers. The Fairwork Foundation is a project that is working to set and measure standards in the platform economy. We collaborate with workers, trade unions, platforms, and policy makers to develop core principles of fair work. We then undertake research to evaluate whether platforms meet those standards. We seek to closely work with platforms that have an interest in certification. And through social dialogue and shared expertise, we aim to significantly contribute to the welfare and job quality of platform workers and bring a fairer world of platform work into being. Home Fairwork's gig platform scoring system measures performance per market across five standards — which are neatly condensed as: Fair pay, fair conditions, fair contracts, fair management, and fair representation. Platforms are scored on each performance measure with a basic point and an advanced point, culminating in an overall score. (There's more on the scoring methodology here.) Flipkart ranked highly for ‘fairness' of working conditions in India gig platform study
The Digital Trade Alliance is a collaborative effort of digital rights and consumer groups assembled in 2018. The Alliance model provides effective advice and expertise to us in order to structure the transnational debate on digital trade.
Data Zetu (“Our Data” in Swahili) aims to empower communities to make better, more evidence-based decisions to improve their lives.
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.
Immi helps immigrants understand their rights and options during the immigration process. The website’s guided process helps users determine their path to legal immigration, and offers a list of organisations and self-help resources.
A commitment to make digital technologies work for, not against, democracy and human rights. It underlines the joint responsibility of governments, multilateral organizations, civil society, and technology companies to develop and use digital technologies to the benefit of democracy and human rights.