Destination.........Unknown
Girls go missing in West Bengal
Every year girls have disappeared from West Bengal. A total of 7917 minor girls were "untraced'' till 2011. Similarly, 3311 minor boys were 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 poverty-ridden rural 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 reported 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 Andhra Pradesh (106).
Moreover, in 2011 West Bengal has accounted for 77% of the total 113 reported cases of ‘selling of girls for prostitution’.
A total of 113 reported cases under prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 were registered 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).
A trip to a part of Bengal where humans are bought and sold everyday
www.ndtv.com/article/india/a-trip-to-a-part-of-bengal-whe...
Girls go missing in West Bengal
www.rnw.nl/english/article/girls-go-missing-west-bengal
Number of missing children on the rise in West Bengal
www.nchro.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic...
Missing and trafficked - Social activists blame political unrest, lack of jobs
www.telegraphindia.com/1110222/jsp/siliguri/story_1361769...
India Needs 'Political Will' To Combat Trafficking of Girls
www.globalroomforwomen.com/global-heart-blog/entry/india-...
Girl child sacrifice rampant in communist West Bengal
www.dnaindia.com/india/report_girl-child-sacrifice-rampan...
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
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33928&Cr=india&...
Child Rights Violation in West Bengal- Focus on Trafficking
A Report (2012) prepared by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
www.ncpcr.gov.in/Reports/Report%20on%20Visit%20to%20West%...
CHILDREN IN INDIA 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal
Ministry of statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/Children_in_India_2012.pdf
Images of Bengal, India
Destination.........Unknown
Girls go missing in West Bengal
Every year girls have disappeared from West Bengal. A total of 7917 minor girls were "untraced'' till 2011. Similarly, 3311 minor boys were 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 poverty-ridden rural 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 reported 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 Andhra Pradesh (106).
Moreover, in 2011 West Bengal has accounted for 77% of the total 113 reported cases of ‘selling of girls for prostitution’.
A total of 113 reported cases under prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 were registered 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).
A trip to a part of Bengal where humans are bought and sold everyday
www.ndtv.com/article/india/a-trip-to-a-part-of-bengal-whe...
Girls go missing in West Bengal
www.rnw.nl/english/article/girls-go-missing-west-bengal
Number of missing children on the rise in West Bengal
www.nchro.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=artic...
Missing and trafficked - Social activists blame political unrest, lack of jobs
www.telegraphindia.com/1110222/jsp/siliguri/story_1361769...
India Needs 'Political Will' To Combat Trafficking of Girls
www.globalroomforwomen.com/global-heart-blog/entry/india-...
Girl child sacrifice rampant in communist West Bengal
www.dnaindia.com/india/report_girl-child-sacrifice-rampan...
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
www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=33928&Cr=india&...
Child Rights Violation in West Bengal- Focus on Trafficking
A Report (2012) prepared by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
www.ncpcr.gov.in/Reports/Report%20on%20Visit%20to%20West%...
CHILDREN IN INDIA 2012 - A Statistical Appraisal
Ministry of statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/Children_in_India_2012.pdf
Images of Bengal, India