Female food-delivery riders in China were recently falsely accused of selling sex – here’s what it tells us about women in the workplace
- Written by Xiaohan Li, Doctoral Researcher, University of Southampton

Life isn’t easy for the approximately 1 million women working as takeaway delivery riders in China. Though their numbers appear to be rising as delivering food is convenient for fitting around childcare or retraining for new careers, these women have to live with gender pay gaps and various other...