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@article{156448,
        author = {PUNYARUPA BHADURY},
        title = {Girl Child Trafficking - The Lockdown Effect in West Bengal },
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {9},
        number = {3},
        pages = {712-717},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=156448},
        abstract = {A child is a human being below the age of eighteen years and childhood is a precious time for any child in which he lives freely, safely and protected from abuse and exploitation. The status of a child, especially girl child has emerged as a fundamental question for the Indian society as they are often being considered to be a burden for their family as well for the society at large.
The family which is the primary agent of socialization and the ‘care giving unit’ of a child sometimes becomes the offender in a child’s life.},
        keywords = {girl child, family, trafficking, forced marriages},
        month = {},
        }