Lived Experience of Victims of Human Trafficking for Sex Work in India: Liminality Within Rehabilitation Process

Abstract

The paper focuses on the lived experience of female victims of human trafficking in the sex industry in India, analysing the phenomenon through the lens of liminality. The research combines the obtained data together with the theoretical concepts of liminality through which the daily reality of survivors living in Rehabilitation centre with focus on their transformative period and liminality is depicted. The study is based on field research conducted in 2022 and 2023 in Mumbai and Delhi in selected NGOs and its rehabilitation centres and adjacent RLAs. The submitted contribution is based on research for a dissertation within the framework of doctoral studies.