Amendment to inter-country adoption on cards Himalayan News Service 2010-06-11 KATHMANDU: The Ministry for Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is working to amend the provision regarding inter-country adoption. Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, secretary at the ministry, said the new inter-country adoption would follow ‘reformative process’ to make it compatible with the present time demand. “The ministry is changing terms and …
Month: June 2010
PEAR adds Illinois to the State Directories of Adoption Resources
June 10, 2010 PEAR has added Illinois to our list of completed State Directories of Adoption Resources. The Directories are available for download (FREE) below or at our website: http://www.pear-now.org/resources.html PEAR State Directories of Adoption Resources State Specific Guides to Health, Education, Bureaucracy and Support for Adoptive Parents: Alabama Arizona California Delaware Florida Hawaii Illinois Indiana Nevada North Dakota Rhode …
Media: India – Mother fights to meet son 11 years after his kidnap
Mother fights to meet son 11 years after his kidnap Nicola Smith and Bojan Pancevski From The Sunday Times June 6, 2010 AN INDIAN mother faces a heart-wrenching court battle in Holland to gain access to her 12-year-old son, whom she alleges was kidnapped as a baby then adopted by an unsuspecting Dutch couple. Nagarani Kathirvel’s nightmare began in 1999 …
United Kingdom — Nepal Update (3 June)
United Kingdom — Nepal Update http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/intercountryadoption/#a030610 3 June 2010 – Nepal update The Hague Bureau published the report of its technical assistance mission to Nepal in November 2009 which looked at the intercountry adoption processes in Nepal. It recommends to the Nepalese Government a temporary suspension of adoptions while the necessary reform of the intercountry adoption process is undertaken. Following …
MEDIA: Ojha blames former minister, NGOs, INGOs (Himalayan Times)
Ojha blames former minister, NGOs, INGOs 2010-06-06 The Himalayan Times Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: Sarv Dev Prasad Ojha, minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare said today that foreign countries were suspending adoption from Nepal after the ministry implemented the ‘The Financial Aid Mobilisation and Management Procedure, 2010 strictly. “Inter-country adoption has at present developed into a racket with wide …
Legislative Update: Families for Orphans Act
In PEAR’s continued efforts to alert the public and members of Congress about the problems associated with pending Families for Orphans legislation (HR 3070), we participated with numerous concerned organizations and individuals in a mailing to members of the House of Representatives sitting on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs: June 1, 2010 Dear Representative, We, the undersigned organizations, are …
MEDIA: Sierra Leone Parents Seek Answers In Adoption Case
PEAR has been contacted by a family who believes that their adopted child is one of the children in this article. The family is exploring options for contact with the child’s family. If you believe that your adopted child may also be one of the children and would like to contact this family, please let us know and we will …
Voices of the Adoption Triad: Elizabeth Meunzler, Adoptive Parent
Voices of the Triad: Adoptive Parent, Elizabeth Muenzler discusses her family’s experience after the airing of 48 Hours segment on FOC and corrupted Samoan adoptions. The Muenzler case was previously published on PEAR’s blog on March 16, 2009 Many thanks to Gina and the PEAR Board for letting me once again address this group. (I previously wrote on the blog …
Canada — Moratorium imposed on adoptions from Nepal
Ottawa, June 4, 2010 – Canadian adoptions from Nepal have been suspended due to concerns about fraud and child trafficking. A recent report by the Hague Conference on Private International Law revealed that there is strong evidence that documents are being falsified on a regular basis and false statements are regularly made about a child’s origins, age and status – …
New DOS Appointment in Office of Children’s Issues
MEDIA NOTETuesday, May 25 Secretary Clinton Designates Special Advisor for International Children’s Issues Secretary Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Susan S. Jacobs as Special Advisor to the Office of Children’s Issues. A long time child advocate, Secretary Clinton has created the new foreign policy position to address intercountry adoption and international parental child abduction. In her …