Mary Had A Little Lamb
Jamuna Dighi, Guskara, Bardhaman
Images of Bengal, India
Status of Girl Children in Bengal
Every year girls have disappeared from West Bengal. A total of 7917 minor girls were "untraced'' till 2011. Similarly, 3311 minor boys are missing from West Bengal, while another 2149 adult females were untraced till the end of 2011. Most of them are believed to have been swallowed up by the huge trafficking trade that is accustomed to treating West Bengal as its catchment area.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed state governments to set up special Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) in every district. The need for these cells was felt after a report by the National Human Rights Commission which said in 2006 that nearly 45,000 children go missing every year in India.
An increase of 27% is observed in the Crime of Procuration of Minor Girls, ie., 862 cases in 2011 compared to 679 cases in 2010. West Bengal has reported 298 such cases, indicating a share of 34.6% at national level followed by Bihar (183), Assam (142) and Andra Pradesh (106). Moreover, West Bengal has accounted for 77% of the total 113 cases of ‘selling of girls for prostitution’.
A total of 113 cases under prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 were reported in the country in 2011 out of which highest were reported in West Bengal (25), followed by Maharashtra (19), Andhra Pradesh (15), Gujarat (13) and Karnataka (12).
Girls go missing in West Bengal
Number of missing children on the rise in West Bengal
A trip to a part of Bengal where humans are bought and sold everyday
Missing and trafficked - Social activists blame political unrest, lack of jobs
India Needs 'Political Will' To Combat Trafficking of Girls
Girl child sacrifice rampant in communist West Bengal
Enrolment, Dropout and Grade Completion of Girl Children in West Bengal
Piyali Sengupta and Jaba Guha; Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 37, No. 17 (Apr. 27 - May 3, 2002), pp. 1621-1637
UNICEF supports children in eastern India against early marriage
Child Rights Violation in West Bengal- Focus on Trafficking
A Report (2012) prepared by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
CHILDREN IN INDIA 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Jamuna Dighi, Guskara, Bardhaman
Images of Bengal, India
Status of Girl Children in Bengal
Every year girls have disappeared from West Bengal. A total of 7917 minor girls were "untraced'' till 2011. Similarly, 3311 minor boys are missing from West Bengal, while another 2149 adult females were untraced till the end of 2011. Most of them are believed to have been swallowed up by the huge trafficking trade that is accustomed to treating West Bengal as its catchment area.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has directed state governments to set up special Anti-Human Trafficking Units (AHTUs) in every district. The need for these cells was felt after a report by the National Human Rights Commission which said in 2006 that nearly 45,000 children go missing every year in India.
An increase of 27% is observed in the Crime of Procuration of Minor Girls, ie., 862 cases in 2011 compared to 679 cases in 2010. West Bengal has reported 298 such cases, indicating a share of 34.6% at national level followed by Bihar (183), Assam (142) and Andra Pradesh (106). Moreover, West Bengal has accounted for 77% of the total 113 cases of ‘selling of girls for prostitution’.
A total of 113 cases under prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 were reported in the country in 2011 out of which highest were reported in West Bengal (25), followed by Maharashtra (19), Andhra Pradesh (15), Gujarat (13) and Karnataka (12).
Girls go missing in West Bengal
Number of missing children on the rise in West Bengal
A trip to a part of Bengal where humans are bought and sold everyday
Missing and trafficked - Social activists blame political unrest, lack of jobs
India Needs 'Political Will' To Combat Trafficking of Girls
Girl child sacrifice rampant in communist West Bengal
Enrolment, Dropout and Grade Completion of Girl Children in West Bengal
Piyali Sengupta and Jaba Guha; Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 37, No. 17 (Apr. 27 - May 3, 2002), pp. 1621-1637
UNICEF supports children in eastern India against early marriage
Child Rights Violation in West Bengal- Focus on Trafficking
A Report (2012) prepared by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
CHILDREN IN INDIA 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India