Mumbai, 29 July 2012 Frontpage The Indian Express: Part I Part II Thirty-one years ago when an unwed mother surrendered her month-old baby at an orphanage, little did she imagine that her daughter would find a way into her life while she battled cancer at the age of 53. In a heartwarming rendezvous, Carina Roodenburg… Weiter »
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Policy Makers’ Attention Needed to Counter Inter-country Adoption
Source: Africa Portal Elizabeth Willmott Harrop July 4, 2012 ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Africa has been dubbed the new frontier for inter-country adoption, and for good reason. As traditional sending countries in Eastern Europe and Asia have tightened the supply of available children in recent years, demand has dramatically shifted to Africa. According to the… Weiter »
Adoption trade sets up shop in Africa
Date: 2012-07-12 Source: http://libertyandhumanity.com Pan African conference addresses emerging crisis in child rights By Elizabeth Willmott-Harrop 12 July 2012 This article was published in abridged form on 6 August 2012: Adopting from Africa, Saving the Children? Think Africa Press, and 4 July 2012: Policy Makers’ Attention Needed to Counter Inter-country Adoption The Africa Portal, an online… Weiter »
Governments Communicate in Kairi Case But Won’t Reveal Details
Source: http://www.indiaamericatoday.com Article | June 12, 2012 – 11:19pm – Updated 13 June Washington – The United States government on Tuesday told India America Today that Washington was in touch with Delhi, but the US State Department in the same vein refused to confirm if it had received the letters of communication from its Indian… Weiter »
Deported woman seeks MEA’s help
Source: http://www.firstpost.com May 28, 2012 In a letter to Krishna, Jennifer Edgell Haynes, claims that she was a victim of child trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation after she was adopted by an American couple when she was seven years old. Seeking the minister’s help. “Until three years back I believed I was a citizen of… Weiter »
Indian Consulate awakens to plight of woman under cloud of deportation
Source: http://www.indiaamericatoday.com Article | May 22, 2012 – 3:36am Washington DC -There was a reaction from Indian diplomatic offices in San Francisco on Monday evening (May 21) as India America Today inquired about an Indian-born American resident, Kairi Abha Shepherd, adopted into an American family as an infant in 1982 and now facing likely deportation… Weiter »
NGOs up in arms against inter-country adoptions
Source: http://www.dnaindia.com Concerned over the alleged violation of fundamental rights of children, two children’s rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs), viz Thane-based Advait Foundation and Pune-based Sakhee have filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court asking for a complete ban on inter-country adoption of children. The PIL, to be heard by the bench of… Weiter »
Govt may help Kairi Shepherd
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Govt-may-help-Kairi-Shepherd Cheta Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, May 20, 2012 The Indian government may provide help to 30-year-old Kairi Shepherd, who faces threat of deporation from United States after a local court rejected her claim for residency. Kairi Shepherd was just three months old when she adopted by Erlene Shepherd from an orphanage in… Weiter »
Indian adopted at 3 months faces deportation at 30
Source: http://www.indiaamericatoday.com Article | May 16, 2012 – 10:05pm | By Tejinder Singh Washington DC – Media outlets in India are abuzz with news of Melanie Kannokada, Miss India America 2007, arriving in Bollywood to play Seeta, an Indian girl adopted by American parents. In contrast, a real life drama is unfolding for another India-born… Weiter »
Time to suspend inter-country adoptions?
Source: http://www.firstpost.com by Danish Raza May 16, 2012 Mayank and Esha were to get new parents. Their mother, after an altercation with her husband, Ramphal, abandoned the siblings near Kashmere Gate bus terminus, Delhi. A frantic Ramphal traced his children to Holy Cross Social Service Centre- one of the seven recognised Indian placement agencies (RIPAs)… Weiter »
