Left in limbo: Nepalese adoptions halted (PBS) On Mother’s Day weekend, adoptive parents on the verge of bringing home a child find themselves caught between two governments. By Habiba Nosheen and Lisa Desai May 6, 2011 The U.S. State Department has suspended adoption of abandoned Nepalese children, citing numerous examples of unreliable and possibly fraudulent documents. For Dee Dee Milton …
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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 …
MEDIA: Adoption Suspension Leaves Children in Limbo
Adoption Suspension Leaves Children in LimboBy Bhuwan Sharma Excerpt:“KATHMANDU, Sep 10, 2010 (IPS) – A big question marks looms over the future of many Nepali children in various child homes in the country in the wake of the suspension by 11 countries of their child adoption programmes for this Himalayan nation. “Children will now have to remain in grim orphanages …