A K Acharya
Biographic Data
| ID | 50817 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A K Acharya |
| GIVEN NAMES | A K |
| FAMILY NAME | Acharya |
| SIGNATURE | ACHARYA A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sambalpur University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2696-3038 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Islamic Perspectives on Widowhood Rights, Respect, and Representation: An Ethnographic Study of Women’s Experiences
Widowhood is a significant social and religious phenomenon that transforms women’s identities and roles within their societies. This study investigates the Islamic perspectives on widowhood rights, dignity, and representation within Muslim communities in Eastern Odisha, India. This study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in largely Muslim areas of the Cuttack district. The study highlights the convergence of Islamic theological doctrines with sp…
Words That Wound: Discursive Violence and the Trolling of LGBTQAI+ Community in Social Media
Violence, emotional coercion, and psychological morbidity among trafficking victims in India
The 2023 Global Slavery Index estimates that India has the highest number of people living in modern slavery (11 million people) in the world, which equates to a prevalence of eight people in modern slavery for every thousand people. Sex slavery and trafficking have harmful effects on the physical and mental health of victims due to violence, emotional violence, and emotional coercion, including consequences on psychological morbidity. Using the …
Reproductive Health Challenges among Paudi Bhuiyan Women in India: An Empirical Analysis
Reproductive health is a fundamental human right with significant implications for public health, societal development, and economic prosperity. This study examines the reproductive health performance of Paudi Bhuyan women, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Odisha, India. The focus is on how early marriage affects reproductive health outcomes among this tribal group. Despite the legal marriage age being 18, early marriage remains p…
Transgender Women in India: Neocolonialism, Stigmatization and Discrimination
Stigmatization is a widespread social process that is sustained via the use of social, cultural, economic, and political power, and it has negative outcomes such as discrimination and exclusion. In India, transgender people have historically been called Hijra, Aravanis, and Kothis, and they have struggled since British colonialism against cisgender and heteronormative conventions that label them as outsiders despite their deep pre-colonial cultur…
Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls for Forced Marriage in India
Dalit, Structural Violence, and Stigma in India: An Approach to Study the Untouchability
This article delves into the intricate layers of the Indian caste system, a deeply rooted social hierarchy that has persisted for centuries. Focusing on the stigma of untouchability faced by Dalits, a marginalised group within the Jati system, the study shifts its focus from direct violence to the structural violence inflicted through stigmatisation. Conducted in a rural village in Odisha, India, the research aims to uncover the covert agendas sh…
Covid-19 pandemic and transgender migrant women in India: Socio-economic vulnerability and vaccine hesitancy
In India, transgender women, often referred to as hijra or kinnar, remain a marginalized group and encounter interpersonal and structural barriers that subject them to social exclusion, discrimination, lack of access to education and health care, and fewer job opportunities compared with the general population. During the COVID-19 pandemic these disparities were heightened and the livelihood of transgender migrant women were severely hit and disr…
Trafficking of labor migrants and exposure to interpersonal violence: Evidence from India
The majority of studies on human trafficking focus on intimate partner violence and its consequences, particularly in the context of trafficking for sexual exploitation; very few have focused on the interpersonal violence faced by labor trafficking victims. The main objective of this study is to explore and analyze the prevalence in India of interpersonal violence against labor trafficking victims, including its causes and consequences. To this e…
De-Identifying the Distressed in the Transgender Community Related to Their Identity Formation and Discrimination in India
Transgender people in India hold a dualistic perspective on their identity. In one way, they are considered a disgraceful entity in society and, at the same time, they resemble the “Ardhanareswar” version of the Hindu God Shiva (Ardhanareswar version of Shiva: among Shiv’s many avatars, Ardhanareswar is the only one in which the god embodied both genders in a single amalgamation. That represented both the male and female gender). Also, they have …
Food Insecurity and Temporary Migration of Youth in India
The agrarian economy of India continues to be a major source for providing food throughout the country, although, in the past two decades, the economy has grown at remarkable rates; however, the impact of high economic growth on food securi-ty has been to a certain extent minimal. This weak correlation between economic growth and food security in India has forced people to migrate from rural to urban areas. Using primary data collected from 60 yo…
Narco-violence , forced displacement, and sex trafficking: A qualitative study in Mexico
During the last decade, over 160,000 people were forcibly displaced internally because of narco-violence in Mexico. Displaced families suffer social and economic vulnerabilities that make them easy prey for trafficking and exploitation. This paper analyses the association between forced displacement caused by narco-violence and trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation in Mexico. We gathered data from 16 victims of forced displacemen…
Vulnerabilities of Internal Returnee Migrants in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
The study surveyed 227 returned labor migrants in four districts of western Odisha to comprehensively analyze the socio-economic vulnerabilities faced by internal returnee labor migrants caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The results show that the partial and complete lockdown caused factory and workplace closures in the entire country. Consequently, millions of migrants suffered a loss of income and faced an uncertain future which motivat…
Desaceleración de la participación laboral femenina en México 1995-2016: Implicaciones laborales formales e informales
Desde 1980, las transformaciones laborales impulsadas por el modelo de desarrollo neoliberal, provocaron en lo global y en América Latina atípicos aumentos en la participación laboral femenina (PLF), en diversas actividades económicas, induciendo con ello el decremento de algunas brechas de género y mejorando, en lo general, su situación ocupacional. Sin embargo, con base en investigaciones que encontraron tendencias a la desaceleración de estos …
Caste-based migration and exposure to abuse and exploitation: Dadan labour migration in India
This article examines the relationship between an exploitative labour migration system and the social stratification system in India. Every year, thousands of people migrate from rural areas to work in brick kilns, construction sites and textile industries in Indian cities. This article analyses interview and questionnaire data from a sample of Scheduled Caste Dadan migrants. High levels of abuse, injury and disability are reported. The researche…
Prevalence of violence against indigenous women victims of human trafficking and its implications on physical injuries and disabilities in Monterrey city, Mexico
Human trafficking victims suffer different kinds of physical abuse and torture that cause severe physical injuries. During 2016-17 a total of 68 indigenous labor and sex-trafficking women victims were surveyed in Monterrey city, Mexico to explore the prevalence of violence against them and its implications on physical injuries and disabilities. We found that women reported different types of injuries and long term disabilities. Considering the le…
Bullying y la violencia contra los adolescentes en la familia y su impacto en la agresión en la escuela: Caso de estudio de las preparatorias técnicas en Nuevo León, México
Diferentes tipos de violencia en la familia dan lugar a conductas agresivas entre los adolescentes y éstas suelen verse reflejadas en su comportamiento en las escuelas. El presente artículo investiga estos tipos de violencia y examina los factores familiares que originan que los adolescentes reaccionen con comportamientos violentos en su centro escolar. Para analizar este fenómeno se entrevistaron a 210 alumnas de tres preparatorias técnicas ubic…
Trafficking of women for sexual exploitation in Mexico and their identity crisis
The main objective of this paper is to explore how sexual violence and exploitation cause identity crisis among victims of sex-trafficking in Mexico. Trafficking is a widespread phenomenon, where girls and women are forced or coerced into sexual exploitation. Victims of trafficking acquire not only adverse physical health; also there is a higher impact on emotional and psychological health and leads women to an‘identity crisis'. Once they're brou…
Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
Dating violence is a significant issue affecting today’s youth and can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic, racial, and religious backgrounds, and it occurs in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships. This study examines and identifies the different types of dating violence, and their associated risk factors in Mexico considering the data from a national sample. In 2007, the National Institute of Statistics, Geo…
Trafficking of Women in Mexico and Their Health Risk: Issues and Problems
Trafficking in women is one of the most corrosive forms of human rights violation. It results in the gradual destruction of a woman’s personal identity and her right to live as a free human. The victim is subjected to violence, humiliation and violation of her personal integrity, which may result in life threatening diseases like HIV/AIDS, STDs or lifelong trauma, drug addiction or personality disintegration. It can also be seen as denial of the …
Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Mexico: An Analysis on Impact of Violence on Health Status
Trafficking has a deep impact on the health and well-being of women and girls. The forms of violence, abuse, and risk that trafficked women and girls experience force them into a marginalized condition in terms of physical, mental, and sexual health. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to explore the kinds of violence faced by trafficked women and girls in Mexico City and in particular how they affect the physical and sexual health of these…
Vulnerability and Surviving Pattern of Elderly Migrants in Urban Mexico
In the present paper, we have analyzed the vulnerability and surviving pattern of elderly migrants in Mexico. We have interviewed 156 Mexican elderly migrants in Monterrey Metropolitan Region during 2010-11. The study found that, majority of elderly migrates in search of a better economic opportunity in urban areas. Once they arrive to city, they absorb in informal economic sectors. Study found that most of the elderly do not have any job contrac…
Družbena segregacija avtohtonih migrantov v Mehiki: Primer mesta Monterrey
Social segregation of indigenous migrants in Mexico: An overview from Monterrey
In Mexico, rural-to-urban migration is a clearly noticeable phenomenon. During the last few years, there has been spontaneous growth in the migration of indigenous people towards the northern cities of Mexico, especially to Monterrey, in search of employment. Once the migrants arrive in this metropolis, they face difficulties adjusting and adapting to the city environment because of hidden discrimination. The main argument and hypothesis of this …
Violence is Common and a Daily Event; in this Place Her Dog Has More Respect than us”: A Study on Cycle of Violence Faced by Women in Mexico
This paper sets out to explore the violence against women is a new form femicide taking into consideration the case of trafficked women. Once women arrived at their destination, suffer various kinds of never-ending violence and exploitation. Thus, in this article we have defined and demonstrated how the trafficking of women constitutes a new form of “ femicide ”. The analytical section of the paper is based on interviews with one hundred and ten …
Violencia y tráfico de mujeres en México: Una Perspectiva De Género
Hoy por hoy, la violencia basada en el género ha penetrado toda la frontera social, donde millones de mujeres la consideran como una manera de vivir. Entre todos los tipos de violencia basada en el género, el tráfico de mujeres es el más importante, pues las mujeres son vendidas en el mercado del sexo con el propósito de explotarlas sexualmente. La evidencia sugiere que en el presente la violencia basada en el genero causa más muertes que las enf…
Caste-based migration and exposure to abuse and exploitation: Dadan labour migration in India
This article examines the relationship between an exploitative labour migration system and the social stratification system in India. Every year, thousands of people migrate from rural areas to work in brick kilns, construction sites and textile industries in Indian cities. This article analyses interview and questionnaire data from a sample of Scheduled Caste Dadan migrants. High levels of abuse, injury and disability are reported. The researche…
De-Identifying the Distressed in the Transgender Community Related to Their Identity Formation and Discrimination in India
Transgender people in India hold a dualistic perspective on their identity. In one way, they are considered a disgraceful entity in society and, at the same time, they resemble the “Ardhanareswar” version of the Hindu God Shiva (Ardhanareswar version of Shiva: among Shiv’s many avatars, Ardhanareswar is the only one in which the god embodied both genders in a single amalgamation. That represented both the male and female gender). Also, they have …
Vulnerabilities of Internal Returnee Migrants in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
The study surveyed 227 returned labor migrants in four districts of western Odisha to comprehensively analyze the socio-economic vulnerabilities faced by internal returnee labor migrants caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The results show that the partial and complete lockdown caused factory and workplace closures in the entire country. Consequently, millions of migrants suffered a loss of income and faced an uncertain future which motivat…
Narco-violence , forced displacement, and sex trafficking: A qualitative study in Mexico
During the last decade, over 160,000 people were forcibly displaced internally because of narco-violence in Mexico. Displaced families suffer social and economic vulnerabilities that make them easy prey for trafficking and exploitation. This paper analyses the association between forced displacement caused by narco-violence and trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation in Mexico. We gathered data from 16 victims of forced displacemen…
Trafficking of Women in Mexico and Their Health Risk: Issues and Problems
Trafficking in women is one of the most corrosive forms of human rights violation. It results in the gradual destruction of a woman’s personal identity and her right to live as a free human. The victim is subjected to violence, humiliation and violation of her personal integrity, which may result in life threatening diseases like HIV/AIDS, STDs or lifelong trauma, drug addiction or personality disintegration. It can also be seen as denial of the …
The Dynamic of Internal displacement, Forced Migration and Vulnerable to Trafficking in Mexico
Displacement coupled with migration and trafficking has caused a massive increase and influx in the numbers of women and girls into sexual exploitation. The main concern of this research is to investigate how the internal displacement in Chiapas state of Mexico forcing the people especially to women for migration and making them vulnerable towards trafficking. The present research analyzes the demographic profile of displaced-trafficked women as …
Sexual Violence and Proximate Risks: A Study on Trafficked Women in Mexico City
Trafficking in humans is an integral part of the social and economic fabric in Mexico as in other parts of the world. This practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved and are treated as a commodity. The process results in a risk to their physical and mental health, and in particular, to their sexual health, which I have explored in this research. Sixty trafficked women currently working as commerci…
Transgender Women in India: Neocolonialism, Stigmatization and Discrimination
Stigmatization is a widespread social process that is sustained via the use of social, cultural, economic, and political power, and it has negative outcomes such as discrimination and exclusion. In India, transgender people have historically been called Hijra, Aravanis, and Kothis, and they have struggled since British colonialism against cisgender and heteronormative conventions that label them as outsiders despite their deep pre-colonial cultur…
Trafficking of labor migrants and exposure to interpersonal violence: Evidence from India
The majority of studies on human trafficking focus on intimate partner violence and its consequences, particularly in the context of trafficking for sexual exploitation; very few have focused on the interpersonal violence faced by labor trafficking victims. The main objective of this study is to explore and analyze the prevalence in India of interpersonal violence against labor trafficking victims, including its causes and consequences. To this e…
Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Mexico: An Analysis on Impact of Violence on Health Status
Trafficking has a deep impact on the health and well-being of women and girls. The forms of violence, abuse, and risk that trafficked women and girls experience force them into a marginalized condition in terms of physical, mental, and sexual health. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to explore the kinds of violence faced by trafficked women and girls in Mexico City and in particular how they affect the physical and sexual health of these…
Violence, emotional coercion, and psychological morbidity among trafficking victims in India
The 2023 Global Slavery Index estimates that India has the highest number of people living in modern slavery (11 million people) in the world, which equates to a prevalence of eight people in modern slavery for every thousand people. Sex slavery and trafficking have harmful effects on the physical and mental health of victims due to violence, emotional violence, and emotional coercion, including consequences on psychological morbidity. Using the …
Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls for Forced Marriage in India
The health consequences of trafficking in women in Mexico: Findings from Monterrey city
There has been little research on the health consequences of trafficking in women in Mexico and this study examines the effects of trafficking in women. Twenty internally trafficked women were interviewed in Monterrey city, Mexico, during the years 2007 and 2008. Although the study found that trafficking of women in Mexico results from multi-causal factors, we found that in general trafficked women suffer a wide range of physical and sexual viole…
Trafficking of Mexican Women to North America: An Issue of Illegal Migration
Violencia y tráfico de mujeres en México: Una Perspectiva De Género
Hoy por hoy, la violencia basada en el género ha penetrado toda la frontera social, donde millones de mujeres la consideran como una manera de vivir. Entre todos los tipos de violencia basada en el género, el tráfico de mujeres es el más importante, pues las mujeres son vendidas en el mercado del sexo con el propósito de explotarlas sexualmente. La evidencia sugiere que en el presente la violencia basada en el genero causa más muertes que las enf…
Sexual Violence and Proximate Risks: A Study on Trafficked Women in Mexico City
Trafficking in humans is an integral part of the social and economic fabric in Mexico as in other parts of the world. This practice causes intolerable degradation and suffering for the girls and young women involved and are treated as a commodity. The process results in a risk to their physical and mental health, and in particular, to their sexual health, which I have explored in this research. Sixty trafficked women currently working as commerci…
Tourism and Environmental Education in the Mayan Riviera at the Beginning of the Twenty First Century
The paper presents an overview on the development of tourism in the Mexican Caribbean from its origins as the “Cancun’s Integrally Planned Nucleus” and its extension along the Mayan Riviera, showing analogies between theoretical geographical models of the Caribbean destinations and the spatial structures present there, explaining the urgent need for environmental education of the population linked with sustainability of the development. An analys…
The Dynamic of Internal displacement, Forced Migration and Vulnerable to Trafficking in Mexico
Displacement coupled with migration and trafficking has caused a massive increase and influx in the numbers of women and girls into sexual exploitation. The main concern of this research is to investigate how the internal displacement in Chiapas state of Mexico forcing the people especially to women for migration and making them vulnerable towards trafficking. The present research analyzes the demographic profile of displaced-trafficked women as …
The health consequences of trafficking in women in Mexico: Findings from Monterrey city
There has been little research on the health consequences of trafficking in women in Mexico and this study examines the effects of trafficking in women. Twenty internally trafficked women were interviewed in Monterrey city, Mexico, during the years 2007 and 2008. Although the study found that trafficking of women in Mexico results from multi-causal factors, we found that in general trafficked women suffer a wide range of physical and sexual viole…
Vulnerability and Surviving Pattern of Elderly Migrants in Urban Mexico
In the present paper, we have analyzed the vulnerability and surviving pattern of elderly migrants in Mexico. We have interviewed 156 Mexican elderly migrants in Monterrey Metropolitan Region during 2010-11. The study found that, majority of elderly migrates in search of a better economic opportunity in urban areas. Once they arrive to city, they absorb in informal economic sectors. Study found that most of the elderly do not have any job contrac…
Družbena segregacija avtohtonih migrantov v Mehiki: Primer mesta Monterrey
Social segregation of indigenous migrants in Mexico: An overview from Monterrey
In Mexico, rural-to-urban migration is a clearly noticeable phenomenon. During the last few years, there has been spontaneous growth in the migration of indigenous people towards the northern cities of Mexico, especially to Monterrey, in search of employment. Once the migrants arrive in this metropolis, they face difficulties adjusting and adapting to the city environment because of hidden discrimination. The main argument and hypothesis of this …
Violence is Common and a Daily Event; in this Place Her Dog Has More Respect than us”: A Study on Cycle of Violence Faced by Women in Mexico
This paper sets out to explore the violence against women is a new form femicide taking into consideration the case of trafficked women. Once women arrived at their destination, suffer various kinds of never-ending violence and exploitation. Thus, in this article we have defined and demonstrated how the trafficking of women constitutes a new form of “ femicide ”. The analytical section of the paper is based on interviews with one hundred and ten …
Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls in Mexico: An Analysis on Impact of Violence on Health Status
Trafficking has a deep impact on the health and well-being of women and girls. The forms of violence, abuse, and risk that trafficked women and girls experience force them into a marginalized condition in terms of physical, mental, and sexual health. Thus, the main objective of this paper is to explore the kinds of violence faced by trafficked women and girls in Mexico City and in particular how they affect the physical and sexual health of these…
Characteristics of Youth Dating Violence and Risk Factors in Mexico: An Analysis From a National Sample
Dating violence is a significant issue affecting today’s youth and can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic, racial, and religious backgrounds, and it occurs in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships. This study examines and identifies the different types of dating violence, and their associated risk factors in Mexico considering the data from a national sample. In 2007, the National Institute of Statistics, Geo…
Trafficking of Women in Mexico and Their Health Risk: Issues and Problems
Trafficking in women is one of the most corrosive forms of human rights violation. It results in the gradual destruction of a woman’s personal identity and her right to live as a free human. The victim is subjected to violence, humiliation and violation of her personal integrity, which may result in life threatening diseases like HIV/AIDS, STDs or lifelong trauma, drug addiction or personality disintegration. It can also be seen as denial of the …
Trafficking of women for sexual exploitation in Mexico and their identity crisis
The main objective of this paper is to explore how sexual violence and exploitation cause identity crisis among victims of sex-trafficking in Mexico. Trafficking is a widespread phenomenon, where girls and women are forced or coerced into sexual exploitation. Victims of trafficking acquire not only adverse physical health; also there is a higher impact on emotional and psychological health and leads women to an‘identity crisis'. Once they're brou…
Bullying y la violencia contra los adolescentes en la familia y su impacto en la agresión en la escuela: Caso de estudio de las preparatorias técnicas en Nuevo León, México
Diferentes tipos de violencia en la familia dan lugar a conductas agresivas entre los adolescentes y éstas suelen verse reflejadas en su comportamiento en las escuelas. El presente artículo investiga estos tipos de violencia y examina los factores familiares que originan que los adolescentes reaccionen con comportamientos violentos en su centro escolar. Para analizar este fenómeno se entrevistaron a 210 alumnas de tres preparatorias técnicas ubic…
Prevalence of violence against indigenous women victims of human trafficking and its implications on physical injuries and disabilities in Monterrey city, Mexico
Human trafficking victims suffer different kinds of physical abuse and torture that cause severe physical injuries. During 2016-17 a total of 68 indigenous labor and sex-trafficking women victims were surveyed in Monterrey city, Mexico to explore the prevalence of violence against them and its implications on physical injuries and disabilities. We found that women reported different types of injuries and long term disabilities. Considering the le…
Desaceleración de la participación laboral femenina en México 1995-2016: Implicaciones laborales formales e informales
Desde 1980, las transformaciones laborales impulsadas por el modelo de desarrollo neoliberal, provocaron en lo global y en América Latina atípicos aumentos en la participación laboral femenina (PLF), en diversas actividades económicas, induciendo con ello el decremento de algunas brechas de género y mejorando, en lo general, su situación ocupacional. Sin embargo, con base en investigaciones que encontraron tendencias a la desaceleración de estos …
Caste-based migration and exposure to abuse and exploitation: Dadan labour migration in India
This article examines the relationship between an exploitative labour migration system and the social stratification system in India. Every year, thousands of people migrate from rural areas to work in brick kilns, construction sites and textile industries in Indian cities. This article analyses interview and questionnaire data from a sample of Scheduled Caste Dadan migrants. High levels of abuse, injury and disability are reported. The researche…
Food Insecurity and Temporary Migration of Youth in India
The agrarian economy of India continues to be a major source for providing food throughout the country, although, in the past two decades, the economy has grown at remarkable rates; however, the impact of high economic growth on food securi-ty has been to a certain extent minimal. This weak correlation between economic growth and food security in India has forced people to migrate from rural to urban areas. Using primary data collected from 60 yo…
Narco-violence , forced displacement, and sex trafficking: A qualitative study in Mexico
During the last decade, over 160,000 people were forcibly displaced internally because of narco-violence in Mexico. Displaced families suffer social and economic vulnerabilities that make them easy prey for trafficking and exploitation. This paper analyses the association between forced displacement caused by narco-violence and trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation in Mexico. We gathered data from 16 victims of forced displacemen…
Vulnerabilities of Internal Returnee Migrants in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic in India
The study surveyed 227 returned labor migrants in four districts of western Odisha to comprehensively analyze the socio-economic vulnerabilities faced by internal returnee labor migrants caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The results show that the partial and complete lockdown caused factory and workplace closures in the entire country. Consequently, millions of migrants suffered a loss of income and faced an uncertain future which motivat…
Trafficking of labor migrants and exposure to interpersonal violence: Evidence from India
The majority of studies on human trafficking focus on intimate partner violence and its consequences, particularly in the context of trafficking for sexual exploitation; very few have focused on the interpersonal violence faced by labor trafficking victims. The main objective of this study is to explore and analyze the prevalence in India of interpersonal violence against labor trafficking victims, including its causes and consequences. To this e…
De-Identifying the Distressed in the Transgender Community Related to Their Identity Formation and Discrimination in India
Transgender people in India hold a dualistic perspective on their identity. In one way, they are considered a disgraceful entity in society and, at the same time, they resemble the “Ardhanareswar” version of the Hindu God Shiva (Ardhanareswar version of Shiva: among Shiv’s many avatars, Ardhanareswar is the only one in which the god embodied both genders in a single amalgamation. That represented both the male and female gender). Also, they have …
Covid-19 pandemic and transgender migrant women in India: Socio-economic vulnerability and vaccine hesitancy
In India, transgender women, often referred to as hijra or kinnar, remain a marginalized group and encounter interpersonal and structural barriers that subject them to social exclusion, discrimination, lack of access to education and health care, and fewer job opportunities compared with the general population. During the COVID-19 pandemic these disparities were heightened and the livelihood of transgender migrant women were severely hit and disr…
Exploitation and Trafficking of Women and Girls for Forced Marriage in India
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