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The Burden and Autonomy of Women in the IT-BPO Industry in Metropolitan Manila: Under the COVID-19 Pandemic

In: Base of the Pyramid and Business Process Outsourcing Strategies

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  • Makiko Ota

    (Rikkyo University)

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The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic affects the lives and household responsibilities of women in the IT-BPO industry in the Philippines. The growth of the industry has created possibilities for university-educated women in adversity to upgrade their lives, enhance their autonomy, and achieve upward mobility. Through online interviews with female workers/former workers in IT-BPOs in Metropolitan Manila, the author explores their gendered contribution and responsibility in households both prepandemic and during the pandemic, while paying attention to differences in both according to life stage. This study suggests the possibility that young female IT-BPO workers from low-income households, who tend to be economically responsible for their families, are more vulnerable to the pandemic.

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  • Makiko Ota, 2023. "The Burden and Autonomy of Women in the IT-BPO Industry in Metropolitan Manila: Under the COVID-19 Pandemic," Springer Books, in: Takabumi Hayashi & Hiroshi Hoshino & Yoshie Hori (ed.), Base of the Pyramid and Business Process Outsourcing Strategies, chapter 0, pages 171-190, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-19-8171-5_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8171-5_9
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