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Synopsis The female child is considered as liability for the parents who are influenced by the traditions, values, societal norms and social institutions like family, kinship and marriage. Girl child labour is not only deprived of their education and recreation, but they are exposed to the risk of sexual harassment and their moral and psychological development is at stake. The forms of employment for girls also reflect the gender bias. Family duties are relegated to the girl child from early childhood. These are the issues of violation of human rights. The book brings to the light that how a girl child is deprived of from her primary education and indulge in doing labour and provide detailed insight into the hazardous working conditions, economic exploitation, sexual harassment and denial of basic rights not only as labour, but also of human rights. It recommends that government should enforce compulsory primary education to save the girl child labour from illiteracy and perpetual poverty. The publication will be very useful for the policy makers, practitioners, sociologists, researchers, NGO’s, academicians and all those who are interested in the field of human resource management.