Mexican female gig workers push to fix ‘sexist’ algorithms


Mexico’s women gig workers want new app algorithms to stamp out the discrimination and violence they risk on the job. — Reuters

MEXICO CITY: Delivery driver Daniela Orozco decided to wear baggy hoodies and keep her helmet on to avoid the unwanted advances and slurs that men threw at her during the risky night shift in Mexico City.

“The way I usually dress is masculine because I ... deliver at night. So it’s a way of camouflaging myself to avoid the risk or visibility of being identified as a woman and becoming an easy target,” said Orozco, 31, who has been delivering food on her motorbike for Uber Eats for nearly three years.

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