1st Edition
Sex Work, Labour, and Empowerment Lessons from the Informal Entertainment Sector in Nepal
1. Introduction
2. The Impact of Nepal’s Maoist Conflict on Women
3. Social Norms, Masculinity, and Violence
4. Women & Empowerment in Nepal’s Sex and Informal Entertainment Industry
5. Resilience of Women in Nepal’s Sex and Informal Entertainment Industry
6. Positive Deviance Among Nepal’s Sex and Informal Entertainment Workers
7. Peer Networks & Capacity Building
8. COVID-19 and the Human Rights Movement of Sex Workers in Nepal
9. Conclusion
Biography
Sutirtha Sahariah is an independent development consultant and researcher focusing on issues of gender, migration, sanitation, human rights, and violence in South Asia. He has previously worked as a freelance journalist and covered stories on human trafficking, gender, and development for The Guardian (UK), the BBC, NewsDeeply, Dutch Public Radio & Television, and NPR.
"The book Sex Work, Labour and Empowerment by Sutirtha Sahariah is indeed remarkable. And in myriad ways. …The entire analysis is rigorous both conceptually and theoretically, each statement being supported by ground evidence, by women’s testimonies, as well as by extensive interspersion of major relevant works germane to the central issues at debate. …Those researching on this issue as well as on labour and migrant rights would undoubtedly find this book extremely effective as a basis for extended advocacy and action."
Professor Ritu Dewan is the Vice President of the Indian Society of Labour Economics, and former President of the Indian Association for Women’s Studies (2014-17).
