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Khadiga Hassan

Researcher

Data Governance
Artificial Intelligence
The Digital Economy
The Platform Economy

Khadiga Hassan completed her Undergraduate studies at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with Honors. Upon graduating, she worked as an International Market Research Assistant at the Massachusetts Export Center located in Boston. She moved back to Cairo and joined Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) at the American University in Cairo as a researcher in 2020. Since then, Hassan has been engaging in empirical, bottom-up, policy-oriented research on the different intersections related to technology and inclusive development; digital economy, platform economy, the future of work, and issues of Artificial Inclusion (AI), with a focus gender and opportunities for youth, in the context of Egypt, Africa and the Arab world. She developed an interest in AI ethics, data and AI governance, regulating innovation, inequalities and social science, new work and social protection, and labor economics. 

Resources

Fairwork Egypt Ratings 2022/23: Platform Workers Amidst Egypt’s Economic Crisis

This report examines digital labour platforms that provide on-demand work in Egypt via apps or web interfaces in the service sector, including domestic work, food delivery, ride-sharing/transportation, and tutoring.

Fairwork MENA Report 2022: Domestic Platform Work

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the domestic service sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and identify challenges and problems regarding the working and living conditions of domestic workers.

Fairwork Egypt Ratings 2021: Towards Decent Work in a Highly Informal Economy

This is the first Fairwork report for Egypt. The report covers seven digital labour platforms spanning four different sectors: ride-hailing, courier-delivery, tutoring, and home services.

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