An Interdisciplinary Journalistic Analysis
Abstract
The informal labor sector employs a significant proportion of women in Eastern Europe, particularly in service-based professions such as beauty, care, and domestic services. Despite its economic and social importance, this labor remains largely invisible in mainstream media discourse and underrepresented in official statistical narratives. This article explores the structural reasons behind the media invisibility of women’s informal labor and analyzes its broader implications for gender equality, economic resilience, and social recognition. Drawing on journalistic observation, media analysis, and interdisciplinary research approaches, the study highlights the urgent need for more inclusive media frameworks capable of capturing the lived realities of women operating outside formal labor systems
Keywords:
informal labor, women’s work, media invisibility, Eastern Europe, gender economics, journalism
Author: Khrystyna Nedeva
ORCID: 0009-0005-1135-9582
Reviewer:
- Larisa Ivshina
ORCID: 0009-0007-5264-6566
DOI: pending
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