Work Samples
Sex Work in the City of Joy
Every day, up to 50,000 women are engaged in sex work in red light districts of Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Beyond the bright lights and traffic of the main streets, little is known about these women, their stories, and the social, economic and political factors that shape their lives. This essay summarises the results of a mixed-method analysis of sex work in the City of Joy.
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Resilient Refugee Women
Through low profile informal micro-entrepreneurship, displaced women created sustainable avenues for improving the overall well-being of their families and acted as role models for others in their community outside the remit of support and advice agencies. Within this project, we explore if, and how, Arab refugee women create sustainable community-based solutions to poverty alleviation in their host nations of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
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