Risk, Stigma, Agency

Sunny Sinha is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work at Appalachian State University, USA. She has considerable social work practice and research experience working with diverse groups of sex workers and the various NGOs reaching out to the sex worker community in Kolkata, India. For nearly two decades (2005-2024), Dr. Sinha has conducted research among women residing in brothels, women indirectly employed in sex work via informal jobs, transgender sex workers, and clients of sex workers.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: A Reflexive Account of Researching Cisgender Women Sex Workers in Kolkata.- Chapter 3: Trupti’s Life Story: “I Never Thought I Would Become a Widow”.- Chapter 4: Geetanjali’s Life Story: “Everybody Made Me a ‘Bad’ Girl”.- Chapter 5: Srishti’s Life Story: “I Felt Like I was Dying Every Day, but I’m Still Living!”.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.