DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY

DR. HABIBA SULTANA

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Journal Publications:
1. Habiba Sultana, “Fluidity and Ambiguity in Sex Workers’ Experience in Bangladesh”, Sexualities , SAGE Publications, 2025 Click here for details
2. Habiba Sultana, “Brothel-Based Sex Work in South Asia: A Case of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan”, The Palgrave Handbook of Criminology and the Global South , Springer Nature Switzerland, Page No. - 1-16, 2025 Click here for details
3. H. Sultana, J. Scott, “The Organisation of Sex Work in Bangladesh”, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies , Informa UK Limited, Issue - 4, Volume - 45, Page No. - 605-620, 2022 Click here for details
4. Habiba Sultana, “Intimacy, trust, and exploitation: Sex workers' relationship with their intimate partners in a Bangladeshi brothel”, Asian Journal of Social Science , Elsevier BV, Issue - 4, Volume - 50, Page No. - 284-291, 2022 Click here for details
5. Habiba Sultana, DB Subedi, “Power, identity and precarity: Sex workers’ “lived experience” of violence and social injustice in Bangladesh”, The Australian Journal of Anthropology , Wiley, Issue - 3, Volume - 32, Page No. - 324-339, 2021 Click here for details
6. Habiba Sultana, “Towards a Southern Approach to Sex Work”, , Routledge, 2020 Click here for details
7. Sultana, H., Rahman, H., Mazumder, S. K. “Understanding Bangladeshi Female Garment Workers’ Experience: Empowerment, Patriarchy and Emotional Wellbeing. ”, The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D , , Issue - 1, Volume - 42, Page No. - 63-78, Click here for details
8. Sultana, H. “Migration, Trafficking, Sex Work and Constrained Choices: Gender and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh”, Urban Spaces and Gender in Asia, edited by Divya Upadhyaya Joshi and Caroline Brassard, [ISBN 978-3-030-36493-9] , Springer, Cham, Issue - Not applicable , Volume - Not applicable, Page No. - 147-159, Click here for details
9. Sultana, H. & Rahman, H. “NGOs Sex Workers’ Movement and HIV: A Case of Bangladesh”, Social Science Review [The Dhaka University Studies], Part-D [ISSN-1562-269X] , , Issue - 1, Volume - 38, Page No. - 157-174, Click here for details
10. Sultana, H. ““SEX AS “WORK”: THE BANGLADESHI CONTEXT.” ”, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies , , Issue - 1, Volume - 19, Page No. - 93-110, Click here for details
11. Sultana, H. and Subedi, D.B “Caste System and Resistance: The Case of Untouchable Hindu Sweepers in Bangladesh. DOI: 10.1007/s10767-015-9202-6[ISSN: 0891-4486 (Print) 1573-3416 (Online)]”, International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. , , Volume - 29, Page No. - 19–32, Click here for details
12. Sultana, H. “Sex worker activism, feminist discourse and HIV in Bangladesh”, Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care , Taylor & Francis, Issue - 6, Volume - 17, Page No. - 777-788, Click here for details
13. Sultana, H. “Locating risk in Individual behaviour: Discourse of HIV/AIDS, Harm Reduction and Injecting Drug Users in Bangladesh”, The Indian Anthropologist , Indian Anthropological Association, Issue - 2, Volume - 42, Page No. - 19-34, Click here for details

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