Pune Five years ago, when the Shah family from Thane adopted an HIV-positive child from Society of Friends of Sassoon Hospital (SOFOSH) in Pune, those working in the adoption agency thought the tide had finally turned. But that first adoption remains the last from any such agency.

What is raising fresh hopes is the trend of families adopting children of HIV-positive mothers. Over the past 10 years SOFOSH has successfully placed for adoption 103 children, born of HIV-positive mothers but themselves HIV-negative.

“Also significant is that unlike earlier, when only foreign couples would go for such adoptions, in the last 3-4 years local or NRI parents have taken this step,” said Madhuri Abhyankar, SOFOSH director, who reads this as a change in acceptance level.

Bhartiya Samaj Seva Kendra (BSSK) has seen about 25-30 adoptions of children of HIV-positive mothers in the last few years. “The major concern adoptive parents have is that the child should not contract AIDS later. That’s when our doctor explain to them that if the child is ELISA positive but tests PRC negative at age 18 months, it means he or she is like any other normal child. If anyone wants to take a second medical opinion we encourage them to do so. Once the family doctor says the same thing, the hesitation goes,” said Maina Shetty, assistant BSSK director.

No child’s medical history is hidden from adoptive parents. “Every month we have parent preparation workshops where remaining doubts are cleared,” Abhyankar said.

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One organization, Global Adoption Services / Sadeem, posing as an adoption agency in Pakistan, is currently circulating an email whose subject is quick Adoption Process in Pakistan "and praised the opportunities to take in 15 to 20 days in Pakistan for children newborn to 8 years.

The General Secretariat of the Central Authority for Intercountry Adoption (GICS) cautioned families against this dubious electronic ad, reported for all purposes to the Department of Justice. In any event, if the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 1990 ratified the UN Convention of 1989 on the Rights of the Child, the country has made a reservation that the provisions of the Convention must be assessed in the light law and Islamic values, which excluded a priori adoption.

Un organisme, « Global Adoption Services / Sadeem », se présentant comme une agence d’adoption au Pakistan, fait actuellement circuler un mail dont l’objet est « quick Adoption Process In Pakistan » et vante les possibilités d’adopter en 15 à 20 jours au Pakistan des enfants de nouveau-nés jusqu’à 8 ans.

Le secrétariat général de l’Autorité centrale pour l’adoption internationale (SGAI) met en garde les familles contre cette annonce électronique douteuse, signalée à toutes fins utiles au ministère de la Justice. En tout état de cause, si la république islamique du Pakistan a ratifié en 1990 la convention des Nations Unies de 1989 relative aux droits de l’enfant, ce pays a fait une réserve selon laquelle les dispositions de la convention doivent être appréciées à la lumière du droit et des valeurs islamiques, ce qui exclue a priori l’adoption.

2009 Adoption Policy Conference

International Adoption, the United States and the Reality of the Hague System

presented by The Center for Adoption Policy,
The Child Advocacy Program of Harvard Law School, and
The Justice Action Center at New York Law School

Friday, March 6, 2009
New York Law School
Wellington Conference Center

This conference will address all aspects of international adoption to and from the United States, one year after the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption became effective in the United States.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
Welcome
Diane B. Kunz, Executive Director, Center for Adoption Policy
Elizabeth Bartholet, Professor, Harvard Law School;  Director, Child Advocacy Program, Harvard Law School

Kyrgyz police accuse foreigners of illegal child adoption

Kyrgyz police have launched a criminal proceeding on illegal child adoption by foreigners in Bishkek, press service of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry reported.

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Bogdan Panait – secretar de stat

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2009-03-04

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Bogdan Panait este pre?edinte al Oficiului Român de Adop?ii, cu rang de secretar de stat.

Leihmutter-Drama

Deutsche Eltern kämpfen in Indien um ihre Zwillinge

Von Hasnain Kazim, Islamabad

Fotostrecke: 5 Bilder

AP

Mozambican police investigate child trafficking

By EMANUEL CAMILLO

The Associated Press

Thursday, March 4, 2010; 10:50 AM

MAPUTO, Mozambique -- Mozambican police have said they are investigating a suspected attempt to traffic 15 children into the central port city of Beira after residents in the area raised the alarm.