[Media Watch] The dignity of Indian female sex workers

In her book Risk, Stigma, Agency: Life Histories of Women Involved in Sex Work in Kolkata, India, Sunny Sinha explores the complex social, cultural, and political dimensions of sex work in India and emphasises the voices and agency of female sex workers through the life stories of three women: Trupti, Geetanjali, and Srishti. At its core, this body of work critiques dominant risk discourses that focus narrowly on health issues like HIV/AIDS but typically ignore the broader social dangers stemming from systemic inequalities and moral judgments that silence women's perspectives.