[Assam] Asom girls trafficked to Punjab: UN report

[Pradip Kumar Datta]

Asom girls trafficked to Punjab: UN report
NEW DELHI, Aug 22: Girls and women from West Bengal and Asom are being increasingly trafficked to States like Punjab and Haryana where they are sexually exploited until they bear a male child, a UN report said today. 
“(There is an) emerging pattern of trafficking in girls from West Bengal and Asom to the more prosperous States of Punjab and Haryana, where the gender gap is most acute,” said the “Human Trafficking and HIV: Exploring Vulnerabilities and Responses in South Asia” report. 
The study prepared by the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) noted that the victims are being sexually exploited and “forced” to give birth to a male child. 
“The woman is either abandoned or passed on to another man after the birth of the male child,” the study covering India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal said. 
The source of demand driving the trafficking in young women arises from the prevailing gender inequalities in densely populated countries like India, namely the perception that a girl child is an “economic liability”, it said. 
The report also noted that the extremist outfits in the country have “reportedly” begun recruiting boys aged between eight and 15 years to provide food and deliver ransom notes without arousing the suspicion of police. 
“The People’s War Group (now Communist Party of India-Maoist) founded these organizations in an attempt to train children to resist police interrogation more effectively,” it said, adding, tribal girls are reportedly used as couriers in areas of Adilabad and Dandakaranya. PTI  http://sentinelassam.com/

       
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