Why Does Data Governance Matter for Workers' Rights?

IT for Change co-organized a webinar on 'Why Does Data Governance Matter for Workers' Rights?' with Public Services International, Focus on the Global South, and Third World Network. This is the third and last of a three-part webinar series on digital trade rules and workers' rights.

The webinar explored why data governance matters for workers' rights, taking on the following questions:

• Why should public sector workers care about public data infrastructure?
• How can data governance promote public interest and workers' rights?
• How do digital trade agreements impact policy space for data governance and workers' rights?

The speakers included:

• V Narasimhan, from All India National Life Insurance Employees Federation, who will speak on public data infrastructure development and workers' rights: The LIC experience
• Nandini Chami, from IT for Change, who will speak about how we can conceptualize data governance for workers' data rights: Some reflections for the Indian context
• Jai Vipra, from Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, who will speak about digital trade agreements and the policy space for data governance: Why should workers' organizations care?

The session will be moderated by Susana Barria from Public Services International.