Alexandrea Ravenelle wrote a piece in the New York Times Opinion section (Dec. 8, 2019)

Alexandrea Ravenelle (Alum 2018)

Wrote a piece in the New York Times Opinion section titled “The Gig Economy’s Sexual Misconduct Problem, and How to Fix It.”

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Credit…Claire Merchlinsky

Uber has released its long-awaited safety report, detailing sexual assaults, fatal physical assaults and motor vehicle fatalities in the United States. The results on sexual assault are disturbing: nearly 6,000 incidents in 2017 and 2018 combined, ranging from “nonconsensual touching” to rape.

Though most of the reported rape victims were riders, Uber drivers were victims of other types of sexual assaults at roughly equal rates as riders. And Uber has finally acknowledged the risks its drivers face, saying in its report that they “have a right to have their experiences told, and we have a responsibility to stand with them so that we can create the safest possible environment for drivers and their passengers.”

Read more here.