Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Notice on Renewal of Foreign Organizations or Agencies http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/inter-country-adoption-15-en.html Date: 4 September 2011 Upon scrutiny the applications submitted by the following foreign organizations along with other documents for renewal pursuant to the notice published on 2 January 2011 for renewal of the foreign organizations enlisted for two years with effect …
Category: Adoption Process
USCIS Invitation toTeleconference onBringing Home Adopted Children
Teleconference: “Bringing Your Internationally Adopted Child to the United States” (Final Steps in the Adoption Process) Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 1:30 pm (CST) The USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) invites any adoptive parents, adoption service providers and any other interested parties to participate in a national stakeholder meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 1:30pm (CST). The purpose of …
Children trapped between supply and demand (Nepali Times)
Children trapped between supply and demand Where does adoption end and trafficking begin for Nepal’s children? JENNIFER LOWE Nepali Times (17 JUNE 2011 – 23 JUNE 2011): http://nepalitimes.com/issue/2011/06/17/Nation/18300 [Photo] — SHHH: Sign on the wall of an “orphanage” in Kathmandu housing children like the one, right, who have biological parents. The children are offered for international adoption, often without the …
U.S. Still Suspects Fraud In Nepalese Orphanages (NPR)
U.S. Still Suspects Fraud In Nepalese Orphanages by Monica Brady-Myerov May 10, 2011 Listen to the Story: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/10/136179395/u-s-still-suspects-fraud-in-nepalese-orphanages All Things Considered — National Public Radio Photo — Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images The Helpless Children Protection Home is an orphanage in Katmandu. Last August, the U.S. government suspended adoptions from Nepal because it was concerned about fraud in Nepal’s adoption system — …
Child adoption process to become more credible (The Himalayan Times)
Child adoption process to become more credible The Himalayan Times2011-05-08 KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is working on the recommendations of the Permanent Bureau of The Hague Conference on Private International Law to make the adoption process more credible and reliable. The ministry is gearing up to implement recommendations forwarded by the Permanent Bureau. …
Commissione per le Adozioni Internazionali (Italy)
Commissione per le Adozioni Internazionali: http://www.commissioneadozioni.it/it/notizie/2011/comunicato-nepal-.aspx COMUNICATO: NEPAL (05/04/2011) Nei giorni 31 marzo e 1° aprile 2011 si è tenuto a Roma un incontro tra una delegazione da rappresentanti del Governo e alti funzionari del Nepal, i vertici del Permanent Bureau della Conferenza di Diritto Internazionale privato de L’Aja e i rappresentanti di 14 Paesi di accoglienza (Belgio, Canada, Danimarca, …
U.S. State Department — Update on Adoptions in Nepal
Nepal — U.S. State Department April 22, 2011 Notice: Update on Adoptions in Nepal Government of Nepal Announces Amendments to 2008 Terms and Conditions On January 5, 2011, the Government of Nepal, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MOWCSW) in its Notice No. 1 announced that children found by the police will not be available for intercountry adoption until …
Govt. mulling to amend in adoption provision again (Review Nepal)
Govt. mulling to amend in adoption provision again Review Nepal 21st Feb: Kathmandu, Nepal – The government of Nepal is mulling to amend again in the adoption-related provisions, which were amended on last December, stating that recent provision failed to impress the western countries. The Ministry of Woman, Children and social welfare has said that it will prepare a draft …
West not impressed by changes in adoption process (Republica)
West not impressed by changes in adoption process RepublicaKIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Recent government efforts aimed at reforming its widely questioned inter-country adoption practices have failed to impress the United States, one of the main Western countries to stop adoptions from Nepal on grounds of lack of integrity in the system. The US said the amendment in the adoption …
US bar on Nepali kids’ adoption to stay (Kantipur)
US bar on Nepali kids’ adoption to stay KantipurBABURAM KHAREL KATHMANDU, FEB 18 – Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affair Janice Jacob has said that the ban on inter-country adoption from Nepal would remain despite some changes to the adoption process in Nepal. “The US suspension of inter-country adoption will remain in place until substantive progress is …