Nowshin Sharmila (she/her) is a master’s student and graduate teaching associate at Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio State University. She is particularly interested in critical anti-trafficking studies focusing on sex work and sex trafficking, gender and migration and gender-based violence, concentrated in South Asia. She has advocated for sex worker and their children’s rights and worked with several non-profit organizations working for it. Sharmila has a strong background in qualitative research methods and was involved in yearlong collaborative ethnographic research projects with IDS, University of Sussex back in Bangladesh.

Publications:

Sharmila, N. & Hoque, R. (2022, 25th November). “Why do men have reservations about women’s reserved seats?” The Daily Star. URL: https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/why-do-men-have-reservations-about-womens-reserved-seats-3179261

[Blog-Op]. Durdiner (hard times) Diaries: Updates from the ground. Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex. [Link]. 17 August 2023.