Sex worker collectives in Kerala, India

This project researched collective organisations formed by sex workers in Kerala, focussing on aspects including: - Why the organisations formed - How they maintained their membership - How they were funded - Whether the workers were trained - Achievements of the organisations - Future plans of the organisation Interviewees were identified by a contact in Kerala with advisory responsibility for the sex worker collectives. The contact wrote letters to the collectives and helped the researcher identify a selection of sex workers to interview. Three of the identified sex workers were interviewed. The interviews were audiotaped and then transcribed by the researcher. Participants belonged to a vulnerable, marginalised part of Indian society. Three word document transcripts of interviews, typed up from audiotape originals. Microsoft Word for the interview transcripts. Some of the background/accompanying documentation was handwritten.

本研究针对印度喀拉拉邦（Kerala）性工作者组建的集体组织展开调研，重点考察以下维度：组织成立的动因、成员维持机制、资金来源、从业者培训开展情况、组织已取得的成果以及组织的未来规划。
受访者由喀拉拉邦当地一名负责性工作者集体组织咨询事务的联络人筛选确定。该联络人致信各集体组织，并协助研究者选定受访性工作者。本次研究共访谈3名性工作者，访谈内容经录音后由研究者转录为文本。
本次研究的参与者均来自印度社会中处境脆弱、被边缘化的群体。
本数据集包含3份基于原始录音整理而成的访谈转录文本，格式为Microsoft Word文档；部分背景及附属文档为手写形式。