Poor women can face stigmas about indolence, moral turpitude, and substance abuse. This
stigmatized condition includes female sex workers, who live and work in situations that …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a “just” enterprise can challenge
stigma deeply embedded in culture and in the process develop and prevent a whole new …

Purpose–This paper aims to present the challenges facing women in India due to the
intersectionality of gender and other forms of identities impacting on their personal and …

Sex work is a stigmatised profession in India, as in many other parts of the world. As such,
sex workers constitute a subordinate social group: in a society comprised of social …

Drawing upon the lived experiences of 35 female sex workers (FSW) in Kathmandu, Nepal,
this article explores the performativity of sex work–mother dual identities. Performativity …

This paper theorizes the juxtaposition between gender justice and gender equality within
Islamic feminism, through the empirical analysis of gender practices in Pakistani banks …

In this paper we explore the role entrepreneurship plays in influencing the shame of
stigmatized work and its impact on actors' institutional biographies. We do this through an …

Stigmatization and discrimination against social groups raise obstacles to the participation of
their members in community interventions. Internalized stigma and a lack of empowering …

We turn to the philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler for insight into how gender
performativity (acting and actions restricted by gender norms) affects identity and thus …

Many legalized markets bear categorical stigma—a vilifying label attached to an industry
and its participants—that threatens their performance and survival chances. This happens …