US Asst Secy Arrives Nepal To Discuss Inter-country Adoption KATHMANDU, Feb 16: United States Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday for a two-day visit. Jacob´s visit comes a day after the US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero, who arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday, wrapped her visit …
Category: Adoption Process
Nepal: Corruption and Fraudulent Documents Set Hurdles for Adoption (The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting)
Nepal: Corruption and Fraudulent Documents Set Hurdles for Adoption: http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/nepal-corruption-fraudulent-documents-adoption Photo — Rajan Kumar Nepali sits with his daughter in his house in Ranibari, Kathmandu. He said his daughter was wrongfully placed for adoption with an American family who were getting ready to take her to the United States. Image by Anup Kaphle. Nepal, 2011. ANUP KAPHLE, FOR THE PULITZER …
Nobody’s child (The Himalayan Times)
Nobody’s child (The Himalayan Times) Prakriti Pathak January 30, 2011 The international adoption trade is a booming multibillion-dollar industry, as families in the west increasingly adopt more babies from developing countries. Nepal, it seems does not want to miss out on this global opportunity. In 2007, Nepal adoption alter it faced pressure and severe criticism from national and international media …
New regulatory panel in place (The Himalayan Times)
New regulatory panel in place The Himalayan Times 2011-02-01 KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) formed a nine-member inter-country adoption committee with the objective of regulating adoptions by foreigners. Sher Jung Karki, under secretary at the ministry said the committee’s job was to make the adoption process transparent and to handle it through an autonomous semi-government …
Foreign agencies licensed for adoption (MOWCSW)
Foreign agencies licensed for adoption (MOWCSW): A B C D 1 Foreign Organizations / Agencies enlisted for the year 2009 and 2010 2 SN Adoption Agency Address Country 3 1 Faith International Adoptions 535 East Dock Street, Suite 103, Tacoma, WA, 98402, USA USA 4 2 Holt International Children’s Services 1195 City View Eugene, OR 97402(541) 687-2202 USA 5 3 …
Hague Secretariat invites Nepal to discuss adoption (Republica)
Hague Secretariat invites Nepal to discuss adoption Bikash Sangraula KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Hague Secretariat based in the Netherlands that monitors compliance with Hague Conventions has written to the government of Nepal to participate in a meeting in Rome, Italy, to discuss the country´s inter-country adoption process. Nepal amended its inter-country adoption process in December 2010 amid allegations of widespread …
Adoption in Nepal: Mythologized, Misunderstood and Mobilized
Download paper from: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1736064& Adoption in Nepal: Mythologized, Misunderstood and Mobilized Bala Raju Nikku Nepal School of Social Work; Sutra Centre for Development Education and Research Gopal Khadkha affiliation not provided to SSRN January 6, 2011 Abstract: Most academic research on international adoption focuses on either psychological or pedagogical aspects of adoption. This research project aims to investigate the social …
US Embassy Kathmandu Biometrics Fee Clarification
From DOS to adopting families, on behalf of the US Embassy in Kathmandu: The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has been receiving requests from prospective adoptive parents currently residing in Kathmandu to retake their fingerprints at the Embassy because their fingerprint clearances have expired. The Departments of State and Homeland Security strongly urge all prospective adoptive parents to ensure that their …
Definition and Classification of Special Needs Children (MOWCSW)
Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Kathmnadu, Date of Decision : 5 January 2011 In accordance with the Article 15A. of Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of Nepali child by an Alien (First Ammendment), 2067 (2010), the Ministry has defined and classified the special needs children as mentioned below : Definition …
Reforms — Notice No. 7 (MOWCSW)
Notice No 7 In accordance with the Terms and Condition of Inter Country Adoption, 2008, the following reforms have been made: 1. The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare is the Central Authority for Inter Country adoption. 2. The Application should be submitted by the adoptive parents through accreditedAgencies/Diplomatic Mission to the Ministry. 3. Selection of the child by …