Screening of Working Girls with Prabha Kotiswaran

Working Girls is a vivid, genre-defying documentary that traverses India to uncover the invisible yet essential work performed by women — from care work and domestic work to surrogacy and sex work. Filmed in Kolkata, Mumbai, Shillong, Latur, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad and Madurai, the film meets domestic workers, farmers, mothers, ASHA workers, dancers, and organisers whose labour sustains society but is rarely acknowledged.

With biting humour, powerful music, and a deep dive into the histories of law and gender, Working Girls challenges dominant ideas about labour, value, and visibility.

Directed by Paromita Vohra and created in collaboration with the Laws of Social Reproduction project, building on their research, the film invites us to rethink what it means to work — and who gets to be seen as a worker.

Join NYU LPEA for a screening of Working Girls on March 12, 2026 (Thursday) at 6pm in VH204. Prabha Kotiswaran, Professor of Law & Social Justice at King's College London and PI of the Laws of Social Reproduction project, will join us for a short Q&A session after the film. The event is co-sponsored by SALSA, LSHR, and Law Women.