Gender has been an important lens through which we examine all our work throughout the years, though never a central subject of it.

Our survey work has enabled us to measure the gender gaps in access, use and ownership. Our qualitative work has enabled deeper understanding of the underlying barriers and social context which contribute to the gender gaps and disparities that we see in the data. It has also enabled us to explore beyond the binary conception of gender, to gain more nuanced understandings of the challenges and opportunities that digital technologies bring about for gender minorities.

Through this cross-cutting theme, we try to measure and understand marginalization in technology access and use that can be attributed to gender.

Documents

• #HomeBasedFlexiworkInCovid19 : Joint LIRNEasia, CPR and JustJobs Network panel at 2022 Internet Research Conference

  Senior research managers Gayani Hurulle and Ayesha Zainudeen recently shared insights on the experience of women in India and Sri Lanka working remotely and flexibly during the pandemic at a jointly organised by LIRNEasia, the Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi) and the JustJobs Network at the 2022 Internet Research Conference (organised by the Centre for Internet and Society, CIS).  LIRNEasia has been working with CPR and JJN over the last two and a half years on research on if and how digital platforms are empowering women with regards to work opportunities in India and Sri Lanka. The panel was moderated by Sabina Dewan (President and Executive Director, JJN) with panellists bringing in different perspectives and data. Devesh Taneja (Co-Founder, Vyre) started the discussion off with an overview of the platform ecosystem, business models and incentives.  Gayani presented data on the gendered incidence and perceptions of remote work during COVID from our nationally representative surveys of the impacts of COVID in the two countries. Both Mukta Naik (Fellow, CPR) and Ayesha then brought in insights from our joint research Ecosystems of Engagement: Digital Platform and Women’s Work in Sri Lanka and India,  with Mukta speaking about empowerment impacts and Ayesha […]

• “Now we are Independent”: Female Online Freelancers in India and Sri Lanka (Conference Paper)

  Ramathi Bandaranayake presented the following paper at the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research, held July 16 – 17 2020. The conference took place virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The paper discusses the findings of our qualitative research related to female online freelancers in India and Sri Lanka.   Bandaranayake, R., Iqbal, T., Galpaya, H., Senanayake, L., & Perampalam, S. (2020). ‘Now we are Independent’: Female Online Freelancers in India and Sri Lanka. In K. Jones, C. Collins, M. Davies, M. Della Giust, & G. James. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research (pp. 40-47). Reading, UK: University of Reading. DOI: 10.34190/IGR.20.121    

• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Sri Lanka and the Global South (Presentation)

  Presented by Helani Galpaya, Ayesha Zainudeen and Tharaka Amarasinghe on 22 May 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka

• AfterAccess Asia Report 3.0

  AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Asia and the Global South (Version 3.0)

• ICT access and use by women in the Global South (Presentation)

  Presented at “Imagine a Feminist Internet: South Asia” on 21 February 2019 in Negombo, Sri Lanka

• Internet and gender in Myanmar: findings from research

  Presented by Gayani Hurulle at Myanmar Digital Rights Forum. 18 January 2019, Yangon.

• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Nepal and the Global South (Presentation)

  Presented by Helani Galpaya (@helanigalpaya), CEO, LIRNEasia and Tharaka Amarasinghe (@tharaka89), Research Manager, LIRNEasia on 4 October 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal

• AfterAccess Asia Report

  LIRNEasia. (2018). AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Asia and the Global South (Version 1). Colombo: LIRNEasia

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Events

• LIRNEasia on access for all, women and work at the inaugural Sri Lanka Internet Day
  LIRNEasia discussed policy challenges of ensuring access for all as well as the challenges of working from home during a pandemic for women at the the inaugural Sri Lanka Internet Day, organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) on 6-7 April 2021.
• “Now we are Independent”: Female Online Freelancers in India and Sri Lanka (Conference Paper)
  Ramathi Bandaranayake presented the following paper at the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research, held July 16 – 17 2020.
• Imagining a Feminist Internet
  It is the same ‘internet’ that we all hope for and are working toward: one which is accessible to all, safe, secure and open, and provides equal opportunities for all groups, minorities, etc.
• LIRNEasia at Myanmar Digital Rights Forum 2019
  LIRNEasia’s research on ICTs and gender in Myanmar was presented at the Myanmar Digital Rights Forum that took place on 18 and 19 January 2019 in Yangon.
• AfterAccess findings from Nepal released in Kathmandu today (Event Report)
  Nepal performs better on Internet connectivity and mobile phone use than its wealthier neighbors in Asia, our AfterAccess surveys showed.

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People

Ruwanka De Silva

Helani Galpaya

Ayesha Zainudeen

Htaike Htaike Aung

Pamudu Tennakoon

Yatanar Htun

Blogs and Updates

• Digitally enabled flexible work for women: Is it all that its cracked up to be?
  South Asia has some of the lowest female labor force participation (LFP) rates in the world, second only to the Middle East.
• #HomeBasedFlexiworkInCovid19 : Joint LIRNEasia, CPR and JustJobs Network panel at 2022 Internet Research Conference
  Senior research managers Gayani Hurulle and Ayesha Zainudeen recently shared insights on the experience of women in India and Sri Lanka working remotely and flexibly during the pandemic at a jointly organised by LIRNEasia, the Centre for Policy Research (New Delhi) and the JustJobs Network at the 2022 Internet Research Conference (organised by the Centre for Internet and Society, CIS).
• LIRNEasia on access for all, women and work at the inaugural Sri Lanka Internet Day
  LIRNEasia discussed policy challenges of ensuring access for all as well as the challenges of working from home during a pandemic for women at the the inaugural Sri Lanka Internet Day, organised by the Federation of Information Technology Industry Sri Lanka (FITIS) on 6-7 April 2021.
• “Now we are Independent”: Female Online Freelancers in India and Sri Lanka (Conference Paper)
  Ramathi Bandaranayake presented the following paper at the 3rd International Conference on Gender Research, held July 16 – 17 2020.
• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Sri Lanka and the Global South (Presentation)
  Presented by Helani Galpaya, Ayesha Zainudeen and Tharaka Amarasinghe on 22 May 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
• AfterAccess Asia Report 3.0
  AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Asia and the Global South (Version 3.
• AfterAccess chapter in UNU-Equals report on gender digital equality
  The regional gender findings from AfterAccess were recently featured in the United Nations University-Equals’ Global Partnership’s inaugural report, Taking Stock: Data and Evidence on Gender Digital Equality in Digital Access, Skills and Leadership.
• Imagining a Feminist Internet
  It is the same ‘internet’ that we all hope for and are working toward: one which is accessible to all, safe, secure and open, and provides equal opportunities for all groups, minorities, etc.
• ICT access and use by women in the Global South (Presentation)
  Presented at "Imagine a Feminist Internet: South Asia" on 21 February 2019 in Negombo, Sri Lanka
• LIRNEasia at Myanmar Digital Rights Forum 2019
  LIRNEasia’s research on ICTs and gender in Myanmar was presented at the Myanmar Digital Rights Forum that took place on 18 and 19 January 2019 in Yangon.
• Internet and gender in Myanmar: findings from research
  Presented by Gayani Hurulle at Myanmar Digital Rights Forum.
• AfterAccess findings from Nepal released in Kathmandu today (Event Report)
  Nepal performs better on Internet connectivity and mobile phone use than its wealthier neighbors in Asia, our AfterAccess surveys showed.
• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Nepal and the Global South (Presentation)
  Presented by Helani Galpaya (@helanigalpaya), CEO, LIRNEasia and Tharaka Amarasinghe (@tharaka89), Research Manager, LIRNEasia on 4 October 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal
• AfterAccess Asia Report
  LIRNEasia.
• AfterAccess: ICT access and use in Bangladesh and the Global South (Presentation)
  Presented by Helani Galpaya and Tharaka Amarasinghe on 2 October 2018 in Dhaka, Bangladesh
• AfterAccess wins EQUALSinTech 2018 Research Award
  Our AfterAccess research, conducted in partnership with sister networks DIRSI and Research ICT Africa and were declared winners of the EQUALSinTech 2018 Research Award at the Yale Club, New York, on 22 September 2018.
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