PEAR’s Remarks for the DOS Conference: Ethiopia a New Adoption Agenda The following text was intended to be read to the participants of the DOS conference held on Monday, January 24, 2011. PEAR was to particpate in the first panel discussion, but was unable to attend at the last minute. We were invited by DOS to submit the remarks, as …
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PEAR’s Statement Following the Conference: Ethiopia, a New Adoption Agenda
On Monday, January 24, 2011, The US Department of State (DOS) hosted a teleconference entitled: Ethiopia, a New Adoption Agenda. The purpose of the conference was to gather a variety of adoption stakeholders, discuss concerns, and find some common solutions to address those concerns. Minutes of the meeting will be published soon on the DOS adoption website: www.adoption.state.gov. PEAR participated …
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 …
Notice on foundling child found by the police (MOWCSW)
Government of NepalMinistry of Women, Children and Social WelfareKathmandu Nepal Notice on foundling child found by the police Article 4 of the existing Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of Nepali child by an Alien, 2065 (2008) defines an orphan child as mentioned below : – A foundling child found by the police, – A foundling …
Govt Bans Inter-country Adoption of Street Children (Republica)
Govt Bans Inter-country Adoption of Street Children (Republica): KATHMANDU, Jan 9: Amidst concern from various quarters that the process of inter-country adoption of street children is subject to widespread abuses, the government has banned the adoption effective from January 5. According to Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, the decision is taken in the wake of media and various …
Govt Amends Inter-country Adoption Process (Republica)
Govt Amends Inter-country Adoption Process (Republica): http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=26672 KATHMANDU, Dec 31 Amidst serious concern in the international community that inter-country adoption from Nepal was subject to widespread abuse, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) has amended the conditions and procedures relating to inter-country adoption. The amendment that came into effect recently adopts new measures to ensure that children …
Government amends adoption procedures (The Himalayan Times)
Government amends adoption procedures 2010-12-20 The Himalayan Times KATHMANDU: Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) has amended some provisions in the inter-country adoption Act-2008 in an effort to regulate child adoptions. The decision comes after countries that regularly adopted orphans from Nepal halted inter-country child adoption indefinitely citing irregularities, especially use of falsified documents. Germany and Canada had …
Govt to form body to regulate adoption (The Himalayan Times)
Govt to form body to regulate adoption Move comes after irregularity charges Santosh Pokharel 2010-10-23 KATHMANDU: As an effort to regulate the inter-country child adoption, the government is going to set up an independent body to handle the adoption related issues by amending the existing law in Nepal. The decision comes at a time when the countries regularly adopting orphans …
PEAR Releases Results of Ethiopia Survey of Adoptive Parents
PDF updated with footnote (see end of post) Over the past two years, PEAR has received numerous comments and complaints concerning adoptions from Ethiopia. Investigations by governments and the media increased substantially towards the end of 2009. As PEAR began to see a pattern similar to that of Vietnam and Guatemala before their closures to US adoptions, we decided to …