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A Research Study in West Bengal

Facilitated by

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R e s e a rc h

S t u d y

i n We s t

B e n g a l

CENTRE FOR THE PREVENTION & HEALING OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

Facilitated by Tulir Centre for the Prevention and Healing of Child Sexual Abuse

Save the Children fights for vulnerable children in the UK and around the world who suffer from poverty, disease, injustice and violence. We work with them to find lifelong answers to the problems they face. Save the Children UK is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, the world’s leading independent children’s rights organization, with members in 27 countries and operational programes in more than 100.

Published by the West Bengal Office of Save the Children. Flat 2C, Siddharth Apartments 77 Hazra Road Calcutta - 700 029 Tel. : 91-33-2454 6064/6091 Email : m.ray@scfukindia.org www.savethechildren.net/india First published 2006 @ The Save the Children Fund 2006 This publication is copyright but may be reproduced by any method without fee or prior permission for teaching purposes, but not for resale. For copying in any other circumstances, prior written permission must be obtained from the publisher. Cover concept, design and print by Metamorphosis (metamorphosisind@gmail.com).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Our deepest gratitude to the child participants in the research who agreed to share with us some of their most personal, and very often, painful experiences in their lives. A sincere thanks to the Coordinators and other staff of the project partner organizations of Save the Children UK – West Bengal Office for believing in the necessity of working towards keeping children safe and investing their time and efforts in fieldwork and data collection. We hope that this study is one step toward helping bring about change and lasting improvements in the lives of children.

Manabendranath Ray Asha N Iyer With support from Tulir

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