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Tracking our Children. A Brief Situational Analysis on the Trend of Migration, Child Marriage and Trafficking in Eight Districts of West Bengal

Document number
1525
Date
2006
Title
Tracking our Children. A Brief Situational Analysis on the Trend of Migration, Child Marriage and Trafficking in Eight Districts of West Bengal
Author/publisher
Indrani Chakraborty, SANLAAP
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Sexual exploitation, Best Interests Principle, Child Victims of Trafficking, Separated Migrant Children, Unaccompanied minors, Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Child protection systems, Child Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Child Pornography, Corporate social responsibility, Multi-stakeholder partnerships:
Summary
There have been incidents where the girl has been married off to places like Delhi through mediators from Bihar and have been found to be missing till date. Many girls are also lured away and trafficked to the red light area of Asansol. These girls are mostly trafficked through mediators who have been previously forced into prostitution in the pretext of job or marriage. The main goal of this study was to develop possible action strategies with regard to preventive, curative andpromotive approachs to trafficking in women and children, primarily forcommercial sexual exploitation and also other purposes of exploitation. It had the following objectives: to understand the educational scenario of the study area; to assess the extent of vulnerabilities of migration and trafficking; to know the magnitude of child marriage and identify the linkage between trafficking and child marriage.
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