Sharvari Karandikar
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 216232 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Sharvari Karandikar |
| NOMBRES | Sharvari |
| APELLIDO | Karandikar |
| FIRMA | KARANDIKAR S |
| AFILIACIONES | The Ohio State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4010-618X |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 73 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Social Impact of Migration on Immigrant Women
Migration is a profoundly disruptive process that reshapes women’s lives across social, cultural, and structural systems, with important implications for their well-being, identity, and agency. Yet much of the scholarship on women and migration remains fragmented, often framed through debates about the feminization of migration that emphasize numerical shifts rather than lived experiences. Drawing on qualitative data ( N = 71) in a Midwestern US …
Toward a Feminist Ethics of Peer Review
Between reform and retribution
The juvenile justice policy in India emphasizes a rehabilitative and reformatory approach towards youth offenders. In practice, however, these ideals coexist with punitive interventions. Existing scholarship traces the system's evolution from a welfare-oriented model to a rights-based framework, followed by a punitive turn. This paper argues instead that reformation and retribution have coexisted in everyday practice. Drawing on semi-structured i…
Between Climate Realities and Just Climate Futures
Parent Perceptions of Family Well-Being Within the Landscape of Families Seeking Services
Despite the benefits of family support services in supporting families with limited resources, numerous barriers impede service access, thereby impacting family well-being. Considering the paucity of literature defining family well-being from family perspectives, our study addressed the question of how caregivers perceive access to and the experience of family support services in their family’s well-being. This qualitative study engaged 10 caregi…
On thin ICE
“Anything Can Happen Here”
Female sex workers as mothers are disproportionately disadvantaged and experience myriad intersecting vulnerabilities, including poverty, physical and mental health challenges, limited access to health care and health care providers, stigma and discrimination, substance use, and histories of trauma. These risks elevate the potential for negative developmental outcomes for their children. To date, little information exists on the contextual and fa…
Teaching Resistance
Unyielding
Critical Feminism Under Critical Conditions
What are we even here for? AI, Critical Feminism, and Social Work Scholarship
Are We Bridging the Gap? The Social Work Practice of Critical Feminism
Doing the Messy Work
An Exploration of the Social Support of Women in Sex Work in Cúcuta, Colombia
Social support for women in sex work is essential for their overall health and well-being. In the city of Cúcuta, Colombia, both domestic Colombian and migrant Venezuelan women utilize the sex industry to obtain an income. However, with limited resources in this area and little prior research about the current supports, this study explores the social support accessed and received, the social support desired, and identifies the formal social suppo…
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Women Who Are Sex Trafficked, and Social Service Utilization
The aim of this study was to examine the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the high levels of social service usage by women who are sex trafficked. Fifty (N = 50) women who were sex trafficked were surveyed using purposive and snowball sampling methods. The ACEs score for respondents ranged from 2 to 10 with an average score of 7.4 (SD = 2.3). Emotional and sexual abuse tied at 88 percent as the most frequently cited A…
I Had to Allow Myself to Heal
Among the many issues facing sex trafficking survivors, the trauma bonds they develop with their perpetrators are one of the most complex and least understood concerns. This community-based participatory research phenomenological study explored this phenomenon by asking: How have survivors of sex trafficking experienced healing from trauma bonding? The sample consisted of 19 female survivors who were all participants in or graduates of a human tr…
Helping Professionals, Hear Us Out!” What Sex Workers Want You to Understand About Their Work
“There's a lot missing”
Survivors of sex trafficking often develop trauma bonds with their traffickers. A trauma bond refers to an intense emotional attachment that can develop between victims and their abusers. Research on trauma bonds is sparse and as such so are practice recommendations for service providers. This study seeks to answer the question: What recommendations do service providers make for working with survivors of sex trafficking suffering from trauma bond…
The Journey through Sex Trafficking, Motherhood, and Building Resilience
Within the red-light area of Kamathipura in Mumbai, India, the majority of female sex workers (FSWs) arrive as victims of sex trafficking. Many of these FSWs are mothers who must care for their children amongst multiple challenges including those associated with sex work and their traumas from the past. This research explores the experiences of survivors of sex trafficking who are currently FSWs through a resilience lens. In-depth interviews were…
Say something in your language”
This paper explores anecdotes about and experiences of implicit and explicit acts of racism experienced by 16 Asian Americans living in the United States, who narrate stories about incidents of race‐based verbal, physical, or emotional violence. In addition, the participants detail hardships and experiences before COVID‐19, at the onset of COVID‐19, and most importantly, during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The results of the study build on the growing …
He Loves Me Hard and Then He Abuses Me Hard”
There is a dearth of research on trauma bonding among victims of sex trafficking. This study aims to fill this gap by seeking to understand how service providers working with survivors of sex trafficking conceptualize and observe trauma bonding in their clients. This qualitative study involved interviews with 10 participants. Purposeful sampling was employed among licensed social workers or counselors. Two themes emerged: defining trauma bonding …
Positionality in Critical Feminist Scholarship
Using Reddit as a Source for Recruiting Participants for In-Depth and Phenomenological Research
The website Reddit has been noted as a fertile space for researchers due to its large user base and collection of distinctive communities. Reddit communities may be encouraging areas for specialized participant recruitment, though there is currently a lack of literature integrating Reddit into qualitative research participant identification and recruitment. This paper examines unique challenges and opportunities associated with using Reddit for s…
Practice-based knowledge perspectives of cultural competence in social work
Cultural competence in social work practice has been cited as crucial in the pursuit of ethical and professional standards. Still, conceptual, and practical questions remain for defining, imparting, and assessing skills of social work professionals in this key area. Practice-based knowledge has the potential to advance debates regarding the operationalization of culturally conscious approaches and behaviors in professional social work settings. T…
Economic Considerations of Migrant Female Sex Workers in India
Diversity in Sex Work in India
Positionality in Critical Feminist Scholarship
I Am Almost a Breadwinner for My Family”
While societal and structural factors often constrain women’s agency in patriarchal settings, women nevertheless find creative ways to manifest and develop agency. Female sex workers (FSWs), in particular, are regularly assumed to have little or no agency, but an important body of literature suggests otherwise. To add to this knowledge, this study sought to answer the question: How do FSWs in Mumbai, India, exert agency in personal and profession…
Economic Necessity or Noble Cause? A Qualitative Study Exploring Motivations for Gestational Surrogacy in Gujarat, India
In this qualitative study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 surrogates from India. Two themes are discussed: (1) motivations for becoming surrogates and (2) role of family and community in surrogacy. The respondents were illiterate women aged 21–30 years and had been surrogate mothers an average of 2 times. Motivations for surrogacy were financial in nature. Surrogates reported stigma from extended family and community forcing them to l…
We Are Aging Too! Exploring the Social Impact of Late-Life Migration among Older Immigrants in the United States
Although aging and migration are major global demographic trends, little attention has been given to the health and well-being of immigrants who migrate later-in-life. Drawing on the social convoy perspective, we examine the social impact of late-life migration and explore patterns of human service provision among late-life immigrants in a midwestern U.S. region. Using qualitative data (N = 71)—in-depth interviews and focus group discussions— fro…
Without Us, Sex Workers will Die Like Weeds’
This study explores male clients’ perceptions of gender-based violence against female sex workers of the Kamathipura red-light area in Mumbai, India. In-depth interviewing methods were used to collect data from 13 male clients. Three critical themes were identified: (1) male role transitioning from client to intimate partner to pimp; (2) male validation and rationalisation of sex work as a profession; and (3) patriarchal male perceptions resultin…
A qualitative examination of women involved in prostitution in Mumbai, India
In this qualitative study, 48 female prostitutes from Mumbai, India were interviewed to understand their experiences related to their entry into prostitution. Respondents’ vulnerabilities and the role of family and acquaintances in entry were researched. The findings of the study indicate that poverty, marital abuse, sexual abuse and the death of a parent or husband were the main reasons for entry into prostitution. The majority of the respondent…
Helping Professionals, Hear Us Out!” What Sex Workers Want You to Understand About Their Work
Practice-based knowledge perspectives of cultural competence in social work
Cultural competence in social work practice has been cited as crucial in the pursuit of ethical and professional standards. Still, conceptual, and practical questions remain for defining, imparting, and assessing skills of social work professionals in this key area. Practice-based knowledge has the potential to advance debates regarding the operationalization of culturally conscious approaches and behaviors in professional social work settings. T…
The Human Service Landscape in the Midwestern USA
As demographic shifts are occurring in many urban cities in the USA, human service organisations (HSOs) are challenged to provide services conducive to the local region’s demographic profile. In order to create urban societies where immigrant populations can thrive, prosper and become productive citizens, it is important to understand the human service landscape of the region. As part of a larger community-based participatory research project, th…
Unyielding
Doing the Messy Work
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Women Who Are Sex Trafficked, and Social Service Utilization
The aim of this study was to examine the associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and the high levels of social service usage by women who are sex trafficked. Fifty (N = 50) women who were sex trafficked were surveyed using purposive and snowball sampling methods. The ACEs score for respondents ranged from 2 to 10 with an average score of 7.4 (SD = 2.3). Emotional and sexual abuse tied at 88 percent as the most frequently cited A…
Economic Considerations of Migrant Female Sex Workers in India
The Feminist Ethic of Care
The majority of sex workers are mothers. Although participation in sex work is primarily driven by the prioritization of their children’s needs over their own, mothers are stigmatized, subject to poorer health, and lack access to quality health care and social services. Interviews with 25 mothers in Mumbai, India, were analyzed using theory-driven coding to reexamine participation in sex work in context of Gilligan’s three-stage ethic of care, a …
Critical Feminism Under Critical Conditions
An Exploration of the Social Support of Women in Sex Work in Cúcuta, Colombia
Social support for women in sex work is essential for their overall health and well-being. In the city of Cúcuta, Colombia, both domestic Colombian and migrant Venezuelan women utilize the sex industry to obtain an income. However, with limited resources in this area and little prior research about the current supports, this study explores the social support accessed and received, the social support desired, and identifies the formal social suppo…
I Had to Allow Myself to Heal
Among the many issues facing sex trafficking survivors, the trauma bonds they develop with their perpetrators are one of the most complex and least understood concerns. This community-based participatory research phenomenological study explored this phenomenon by asking: How have survivors of sex trafficking experienced healing from trauma bonding? The sample consisted of 19 female survivors who were all participants in or graduates of a human tr…
He Loves Me Hard and Then He Abuses Me Hard”
There is a dearth of research on trauma bonding among victims of sex trafficking. This study aims to fill this gap by seeking to understand how service providers working with survivors of sex trafficking conceptualize and observe trauma bonding in their clients. This qualitative study involved interviews with 10 participants. Purposeful sampling was employed among licensed social workers or counselors. Two themes emerged: defining trauma bonding …
Using Reddit as a Source for Recruiting Participants for In-Depth and Phenomenological Research
The website Reddit has been noted as a fertile space for researchers due to its large user base and collection of distinctive communities. Reddit communities may be encouraging areas for specialized participant recruitment, though there is currently a lack of literature integrating Reddit into qualitative research participant identification and recruitment. This paper examines unique challenges and opportunities associated with using Reddit for s…
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risks among Female Sex Workers of Mumbai, India
This research explored intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV risks among female sex workers of Mumbai, India. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 sex workers to explore their experiences of IPV in the context of commercial sex work. Severe forms of physical, sexual, and emotional violence were reported by sex workers. Outcomes of IPV were inability to negotiate safe sex, substance abuse, and negative perceptions of men. This article also…
Exploring Needs of Sex Workers From the Kamathipura Red-Light Area of Mumbai, India
Kamathipura is considered to be Asia's largest red-light area and is located in Mumbai, India. It has approximately 5,000 sex workers. The majority of the sex workers are trafficked as minors from rural parts of India or from Bangladesh and Nepal. The purpose of this research study was to identify and explore the needs of female sex workers in Kamathipura. In-depth interviewing was used to gather data from 48 sex workers from July to November 200…
A qualitative examination of women involved in prostitution in Mumbai, India
In this qualitative study, 48 female prostitutes from Mumbai, India were interviewed to understand their experiences related to their entry into prostitution. Respondents’ vulnerabilities and the role of family and acquaintances in entry were researched. The findings of the study indicate that poverty, marital abuse, sexual abuse and the death of a parent or husband were the main reasons for entry into prostitution. The majority of the respondent…
Without Us, Sex Workers will Die Like Weeds’
This study explores male clients’ perceptions of gender-based violence against female sex workers of the Kamathipura red-light area in Mumbai, India. In-depth interviewing methods were used to collect data from 13 male clients. Three critical themes were identified: (1) male role transitioning from client to intimate partner to pimp; (2) male validation and rationalisation of sex work as a profession; and (3) patriarchal male perceptions resultin…
Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Risks among Female Sex Workers of Mumbai, India
This research explored intimate partner violence (IPV) and HIV risks among female sex workers of Mumbai, India. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 sex workers to explore their experiences of IPV in the context of commercial sex work. Severe forms of physical, sexual, and emotional violence were reported by sex workers. Outcomes of IPV were inability to negotiate safe sex, substance abuse, and negative perceptions of men. This article also…
Exploring Needs of Sex Workers From the Kamathipura Red-Light Area of Mumbai, India
Kamathipura is considered to be Asia's largest red-light area and is located in Mumbai, India. It has approximately 5,000 sex workers. The majority of the sex workers are trafficked as minors from rural parts of India or from Bangladesh and Nepal. The purpose of this research study was to identify and explore the needs of female sex workers in Kamathipura. In-depth interviewing was used to gather data from 48 sex workers from July to November 200…
Economic Necessity or Noble Cause? A Qualitative Study Exploring Motivations for Gestational Surrogacy in Gujarat, India
In this qualitative study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 surrogates from India. Two themes are discussed: (1) motivations for becoming surrogates and (2) role of family and community in surrogacy. The respondents were illiterate women aged 21–30 years and had been surrogate mothers an average of 2 times. Motivations for surrogacy were financial in nature. Surrogates reported stigma from extended family and community forcing them to l…
Total girlfriend experience’
The purpose of this study was to conduct a systematic content analysis of sex tour websites to understand how sex tours are marketed to potential clients. A total of 380 web pages from 21 sex tour websites were reviewed. The sex tour websites sought to promote privacy and hassle-free travel with a local 'escort' and the opportunity for 'hooks-ups' with no strings attached. Three themes emerged around the description of sex workers: (1) enjoyment …
Exploring Indian Surrogates’ Perceptions of the Ban on International Surrogacy
This study examined surrogate women’s perceptions on the Indian ban on international surrogacy. In-depth interviews were conducted with 25 surrogate women at a fertility clinic in Gujarat, India. Three themes emerged: (1) perceptions of the ban; (2) impact of the ban on surrogates, international couples, and fertility clinics; and (3) long-term economic results of surrogacy. Women stated that international surrogacy should not be banned, because …
Exploring the physical and emotional stress of surrogate pregnancy among transnational Indian surrogates
The purpose of this study was to explore surrogate women’s experiences of stress during the surrogacy process in India. We interviewed 15 women who had been a surrogate for an international couple at least once in their lives. The following themes emerged: stress regarding (1) physical health, (2) psychology well-being, and (3) the well-being of surrogates’ families and children. Transnational surrogates may experience more physical and psycholog…
An exploration of student, staff, and faculty perceptions on the nature of violence and its prevention at a university in Turkey
The nature of violence within universities in Turkey is an under-researched area. This qualitative study explored the nature of campus violence and its prevention in Turkey. Study results illuminate the nature and forms of violence on campus, and reveal informal and formal structures within the university that address violence prevention. Regarding safety and violence prevention on campus, study participants perceived (a) inadequate university re…
Substance Use, Service Provision, Access & Utilization among Foreign-Born Communities in the United States
Background The prevalence of substance use among the foreign-born has gained increasing attention. Cumulative migration stressors – including historical trauma, violence, family separation, and poverty – present challenges to human service systems wherein services may not adequately meet the needs of these groups. Objectives: This study explores the challenges and realities of substance use, substance use service provision, and delivery of servic…
Structural vulnerabilities and breastfeeding among female sex workers in Mumbai
Breastfeeding has numerous health, environmental, and economic benefits, and the promotion and support of breastfeeding has been at the centre of efforts from many global organizations such as WHO and UNICEF to promote maternal and child health. Interventions developed from such policies tend to be inaccessible to those who are economically marginalized, however, and thus may further inequities. Understanding the lived experiences of women occupy…
Client-Perpetrated Violence Toward Female Sex Workers in Kathmandu
This qualitative study explores the experiences of client-perpetrated violence toward female sex workers in Kathmandu, Nepal. Individual interviews were conducted with 30 female sex workers. Data were analyzed using qualitative coding methods and thematic development. Two main themes emerged. Contexts in which client-perpetrated violence corresponded with (a) conditions associated with exchange of services, and (b) alcohol use. The first theme in…
Diversity in Sex Work in India
The Feminist Ethic of Care
The majority of sex workers are mothers. Although participation in sex work is primarily driven by the prioritization of their children’s needs over their own, mothers are stigmatized, subject to poorer health, and lack access to quality health care and social services. Interviews with 25 mothers in Mumbai, India, were analyzed using theory-driven coding to reexamine participation in sex work in context of Gilligan’s three-stage ethic of care, a …
The Human Service Landscape in the Midwestern USA
As demographic shifts are occurring in many urban cities in the USA, human service organisations (HSOs) are challenged to provide services conducive to the local region’s demographic profile. In order to create urban societies where immigrant populations can thrive, prosper and become productive citizens, it is important to understand the human service landscape of the region. As part of a larger community-based participatory research project, th…
I Am Almost a Breadwinner for My Family”
While societal and structural factors often constrain women’s agency in patriarchal settings, women nevertheless find creative ways to manifest and develop agency. Female sex workers (FSWs), in particular, are regularly assumed to have little or no agency, but an important body of literature suggests otherwise. To add to this knowledge, this study sought to answer the question: How do FSWs in Mumbai, India, exert agency in personal and profession…
Practice-based knowledge perspectives of cultural competence in social work
Cultural competence in social work practice has been cited as crucial in the pursuit of ethical and professional standards. Still, conceptual, and practical questions remain for defining, imparting, and assessing skills of social work professionals in this key area. Practice-based knowledge has the potential to advance debates regarding the operationalization of culturally conscious approaches and behaviors in professional social work settings. T…
Economic Considerations of Migrant Female Sex Workers in India
We Are Aging Too! Exploring the Social Impact of Late-Life Migration among Older Immigrants in the United States
Although aging and migration are major global demographic trends, little attention has been given to the health and well-being of immigrants who migrate later-in-life. Drawing on the social convoy perspective, we examine the social impact of late-life migration and explore patterns of human service provision among late-life immigrants in a midwestern U.S. region. Using qualitative data (N = 71)—in-depth interviews and focus group discussions— fro…
“There's a lot missing”
Survivors of sex trafficking often develop trauma bonds with their traffickers. A trauma bond refers to an intense emotional attachment that can develop between victims and their abusers. Research on trauma bonds is sparse and as such so are practice recommendations for service providers. This study seeks to answer the question: What recommendations do service providers make for working with survivors of sex trafficking suffering from trauma bond…
The Journey through Sex Trafficking, Motherhood, and Building Resilience
Within the red-light area of Kamathipura in Mumbai, India, the majority of female sex workers (FSWs) arrive as victims of sex trafficking. Many of these FSWs are mothers who must care for their children amongst multiple challenges including those associated with sex work and their traumas from the past. This research explores the experiences of survivors of sex trafficking who are currently FSWs through a resilience lens. In-depth interviews were…
Say something in your language”
This paper explores anecdotes about and experiences of implicit and explicit acts of racism experienced by 16 Asian Americans living in the United States, who narrate stories about incidents of race‐based verbal, physical, or emotional violence. In addition, the participants detail hardships and experiences before COVID‐19, at the onset of COVID‐19, and most importantly, during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The results of the study build on the growing …
He Loves Me Hard and Then He Abuses Me Hard”
There is a dearth of research on trauma bonding among victims of sex trafficking. This study aims to fill this gap by seeking to understand how service providers working with survivors of sex trafficking conceptualize and observe trauma bonding in their clients. This qualitative study involved interviews with 10 participants. Purposeful sampling was employed among licensed social workers or counselors. Two themes emerged: defining trauma bonding …
Positionality in Critical Feminist Scholarship
Using Reddit as a Source for Recruiting Participants for In-Depth and Phenomenological Research
The website Reddit has been noted as a fertile space for researchers due to its large user base and collection of distinctive communities. Reddit communities may be encouraging areas for specialized participant recruitment, though there is currently a lack of literature integrating Reddit into qualitative research participant identification and recruitment. This paper examines unique challenges and opportunities associated with using Reddit for s…
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