Women Trafficking in Darjeeling and Dooars
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 7
Abstract
Trafficking in women has been emerged as the most vulnerable social problem in the contemporary world. It is an international, organized and criminal phenomenon which violates the basic human right. Media report ranked West Bengal at the top list of largest trafficking state in India. Situation of its northern region is more vulnerable and witnessedthe high rate of rural out-migration due to various socio-economic and political factors and they often get into the trap of the traffickers who are mostly the known persons. They have been trafficked to the major towns and cities of India and abroad as well. Thus, the present paper is an attempt to understand women trafficking in Darjeeling and Dooars region of North Bengal.
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Kumar Chhetri, Smriti Rai
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