UPDATE to DOS Request for Contact Information

On Tuesday, July 20 PEAR published the following notice with permission of the DOS: http://pear-now.blogspot.com/2010/07/dos-requests-contact-information-for.htmlMs. Ruth Lincoln of the DOS Office of Children’s Issues has requested that all further contacts from adopting families be sent directly to her via the following email address:LincolnRA@state.gov Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/

PEAR’s Response to “The Baby Business”

The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism asked a number of experts, practitioners, and advocates in international adoption to respond to “The Baby Business,” Democracy Journal, Summer 2010 by E. J. Graff. You may read all the responses . This is PEAR’s response: It is an unfortunate truth that international adoption is plagued by corruption. We appreciate E.J. Graff’s coverage of …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal May 26, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal

Adoption Alert U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal May 4, 2010 The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu was closed on May 3 and will be closed on May 4 and 5 due to a nationwide strike. The closure may continue thereafter, depending on whether the strike continues and what the situation …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal April 9, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages …

UPDATE: Haiti & Nepal – ISS March 2010 Monthly Review

Excerpts from the International Social Services March 2010 Monthly Review HAITI: Update on child protection measures post earthquakeUNICEF has published a short report summarising the situation in Haiti post earthquake, paying specific attention to the needs of children. ISS is working on a report (which is still at a draft stage) with UNICEF on the adoption situation in Haiti post-earthquake. …

UPDATE: DOS Notice – Nepal

Nepal Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues February 17, 2010 The Hague Conference on Private International Law has recently released a report on its Intercountry Adoption Technical Assistance Program, based on a visit by the Hague delegate to Nepal in November 2010 (http://www.hcch.net/upload/wop/nepal_rpt09.pdf). This report is based on an independent analysis of Nepal’s inter-country …

UPDATES: Nepal

Today PEAR has posted a lot of information on adoptions in Nepal on our Nepal specific blog. This includes information from the Nepal MOWCSW, media reports concerning a draft release of a report to the Hague, and adoption “irregularities” in Nepal. Please use this link to read what has been posted and refer to our Nepal blog for further updates …

DOS Adoption Notice: Nepal

Nepal Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues______________________________________________________ September 29, 2009 On January 1, 2009, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW) announced procedures for processing adoptions pursuant to the Government of Nepal’s (GON) new “Terms and Conditions” for adoptions. The initial announcement stated that only 10 applications will be processed from each …