ABSTRACT

This chapter outlines the aim of this book: to find a pathway to authentically engage with low-literate, stigmatized, marginalized, and oppressed women – sex-trafficked women in Nepal – to explore their reproductive health knowledge, specifically, perceptions of reproductive functioning, in biological, health, and societal contexts. It introduces the Nepalese context through the eyes of the author, followed by a foray into Nepal’s sex industry, and introduces the six sex-trafficked women who participated in the final study. It also offers a young female Nepalese perspective of the ‘new’ Clay Embodiment Research Method and outlines the structure of the book.