Jennifer Rigby is a freelance journalist who was recently based in Yangon, Myanmar. She has worked on stories for the Telegraph, the Independent, Mashable, Monocle and the BBC, and written on topics from paper pants to politics and human rights to heavy metal. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/jennifer-rigby/rss en Equal Pay and Opportunity Informal Economy Unpaid Domestic and Care Work Thu, 08 Mar 2018 04:30:00 +0000 Jennifer Rigby https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/03/08/one-day-three-women-a-whatsapp-story-about-work-and-equality https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2018/03/08/one-day-three-women-a-whatsapp-story-about-work-and-equality In our WhatsApp story for International Women’s Day, we used real-time updates to understand the challenges three women face during the course of a typical work day. Here we replicate the story with further insight into the obstacles that keep so many women from gaining stable and equal work. Informal Economy Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:43:47 +0000 Jennifer Rigby https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2017/04/24/women-stonemasons-help-rebuild-nepal-after-earthquake-devastation https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/articles/2017/04/24/women-stonemasons-help-rebuild-nepal-after-earthquake-devastation More than 1 million homes were damaged or destroyed during the earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015. With many Nepali men working overseas, women are learning new skills to help rebuild the country from the rubble.