Inter-country adoption laws to be amended Last Updated : 2010-07-06 Himalayan News Service KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) is working to simplify provisions for inter-country adoption and to make Nepali missions abroad more responsible in terms of monitoring adoption cases in their respective countries. The ministry decided to simplify legal provisions after Canada, following Germany, …
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Hague against orphans: Government (Rajdhani National Daily)
Hague against orphans: Government By Tika Bista Rajdhani National Daily Kathmandu, Ashar 15 (30 Jun10) Translated from Nepali The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW) has accused the Hague Secretariat of working against Nepali orphans. The Ministry has asked the Hague Secretariat to work as per its official stance and respect Nepal’s rules and regulations and to not …
Fake police document to adopt a girl (Kantipur)
Fake police document to adopt a girl Original article (in Nepali) with photo of child: http://www.ekantipur.com/kantipur/news/news-detail.php?news_id=219779 By Pratima Baskota Kantipur Daily Kathmandu, June 22, 2010 Translated from NepaliA guardian has claimed that, without her permission, a children’s home named Prayash Nepal at Baluwatar, Kathmandu, has sent her daughter abroad as an adopted daughter on the ground of a fake police …
Inter-country adoption laws in offing (Republica)
Inter-country adoption laws in offing Republica: http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=20360Om Astha RaiKathmandu, June 27: If everything goes as planned, internationally distinguished foreign nationals will soon be able to adopt Nepali children. Officials at the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) have been mulling over some amendments in the procedures regarding inter-country adoption under Muluki Ain (Civil Code), which, once implemented, will …
MEDIA: Russia’s Medvedev to sign international adoption accord
The Christian Science Monitor has reported the following: When Russian President Medvedev visits Washington this week, he will sign a new agreement on international adoption. By Fred Weir, Correspondent / June 22, 2010 Excerpt: “Moscow When Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits Washington this week, he and US President Barack Obama are expected to shake hands on a nearly completed US-Russia …
Nepal skips the Hague meet on adoption (Republica)
Nepal skips the Hague meet on adoption http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=20125 REPUBLICA KATHMANDU, June 21: Nepal has remained absent in an international meeting on adoption that is underway in the Hague where it is likely to find itself in an uncomfortable position to defend its inter-country adoption which is marred by alleged fraudulent activities. The Secretariat of The Hague Conference on Private International …
MEDIA: When Adopted Can’t Adapt
PEAR originally posted the full text of this article on our blog June 19, 2010. On Tuesday, June 22, we received a take down demand from the author Katie Pickert. Although we believe that our posting was fair use as it was published as part of our educational series, Crisis in Adoption, we are respecting the wishes of Ms. Pickert …
MEDIA: The Baby Business
EJ Graff’s newest article on international adoption has been been published by the Democracy Journal and is available online. The article is entitled The Baby Business and addresses ongoing concerns with corruption and ethics in intercountry adoption. Ms. Graff has invited PEAR to officially comment on the article. Our comments on the eight proposed solutions to the problems plaguing international …
Trade of Children (Voice of Children)
Some Disturbing Allegations from Voice of Children “What seems confusing here is that one can still make fake papers to show that a child is an orphan, and it can be adopted in the same way as has been practiced earlier.” English translation of an article published in Voice of Children — July 2008 Trade of Children in the Name …
Call to encourage domestic adoption (Kathmandu Post)
Call to encourage domestic adoption Kathmandu Post Kathmandu — June 11 Stakeholders working in the field of child rights on Friday called on the authorities concerned to give top priority to domestic child adoption as compared to inter-country adoption. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) commissioner Gauri Pradhan stressed the need to promote child adoption within the country if families from …