Annabel is geadopteerd door een Nederlands gezin vanuit Palestina, maar dat is niet helemaal volgens de regels gegaan, vertelt ze aan Nordin en Vonneke. Daarnaast vertelt Annabel dat ze elke dag meeleeft met haar Palestijnse familie en heeft ze een inzamelingsactie opgezet om de mensen in Gaza te helpen.

ANNABEL

Annabel vertelt dat ze samen met 200 à 300 andere Palestijnen is geadopteerd in de jaren '90. "Mijn Palestijnse ouders waren christenen en hun wens voor mij was dat ik bij een gezin terecht zou komen die ook Palestijns en christelijk waren", vertelt Annabel. Haar Palestijnse ouders kregen te horen dat dat ook zou gebeuren, maar niets bleek minder waar. Er heeft namelijk interlandelijke adoptie plaatsgevonden. "Ik ben samen met honderden andere Palestijnse kinderen geadopteerd door Nederlandse, Noorse en Zwitserse gezinnen", gaat ze verder. Annabel kwam erachter dat haar Palestijnse ouders zijn voorgelogen. "Tien jaar geleden heb ik mijn Palestijnse ouders voor het eerst opgezocht en ze vertelden mij dat ze hier niets vanaf wisten", zegt ze.

PALESTINA

Annabel heeft nu nog regelmatig contact met haar Palestijnse familie, maar merkt dat dat steeds moeizamer gaat. "Recentelijk had ik nog wel contact met mijn Palestijnse ouders en halfbroer, maar dat is nu wat minder. Mijn familie en kennissen daar vertellen dat ze niet makkelijk de deur uitgaan en geen Arabisch durven te praten. Ze hebben het gevoel dat ze in de gaten worden gehouden door de Israëlische overheid en er hangt een gespannen sfeer op dit moment", aldus Annabel.
 

Recommendations of the working groupOrigin search for supportof adopted people

On behalf of the board of the KKJPD, an interdisciplinary working group examined the possibilities of better support for adopted people in their search for origin. The working group consisted of representatives of authorities, adopted people and representatives of private organizations and tracing services. The work was carried out under the joint leadership of the General Secretariat of the KKJPD and the Federal Office of Justice (BJ). With the adoption of the technical recommendations, the working group has completed its work.

A mother has revealed how she has married her adopted son - after raising him from the age of 14. 

Aisylu Chizhevskaya Mingalim, 53, from Tatarstan, Russia, has left child welfare experts horrified by tying the knot with 22-year-old  Daniel Chizhevsky.

She first met Daniel when he was just 13 and working as a singing teacher at his orphanage.

Luc Nibbeling (29) and his partner Luuk started an adoption procedure in the US in 2018. Their dream fell apart when it was banned in 2021. Now they are in the middle of a surrogacy process in Canada.

Want to have children

“I have always wanted to have children. Coming out meant that I also had to acknowledge and accept that I would never become a father naturally. That's why it took me until I was nineteen before I dared to take the step. When I met Luuk shortly afterwards, I immediately discussed my desire to have children, which is unusual in the gay scene . Especially in the beginning, gay men are often concerned with accepting themselves, which causes any desire to have children to fade into the background.

Luuk thought the same; he also wanted to become a father. In 2017 we went to an information evening about LGBT parenting organized by the Meer Dan Gewenst Foundation for the first time and in 2018 we started the adoption process. You can choose to adopt in the Netherlands, but the supply of adopted children is not large here; Often the first search for these children is in their own environment. As a gay couple you can only choose from four countries: the Netherlands, US, South Africa and Portugal. We decided to go for the United States.

It was a big disappointment when we heard that international adoption was being suspended. Adopting from the US will probably be completely banned, because there are sufficient prospective parents in the US itself. We were disappointed and sad. What now? We gave ourselves a year to explore other options.

Many people appreciated Megan and her family for lovingly accepting Ami while many others criticized them for not adopting American kids and traveling to a foreign country for the same.

It is often said that family is more than blood relations, a woman named Megan and her family in the USA have proved this right as they have adopted and accepted a young girl from India as part of their family. Recently Megan shared a heartwarming video on Instagram that documented their one year with Ami, her adopted daughter from India who has Down syndrome. Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes intellectual and developmental delays. In her now-viral Instagram post, Megan captured how they took their first flight from India to the USA and how her family, including her two sons, gathered at the airport to welcome them. The clip then moved on to show the wholesome moments of learning, traveling, and playing they all shared with Ami.

While explaining their one year anniversary since Ami’s adoption, Megan wrote, “One year ago we met our daughter for the first time. Family of five, greeted at the airport, playing. In October 2022 we became parents to the spunkiest, silliest, most beautiful “baby" girl born in India. She is smart, has the biggest heart, and rocks an extra chromosome. She was a missing piece to our family puzzle and we are so grateful to have spent one full year together. I wasn’t sure what kind of video I wanted to put together so here is some never before seen footage of our arrival in the United States and a montage of what life has been with our sweet Ami girl.️ We could have missed this."

This clip has over 1.8 lakh likes so far. Appreciating Megan’s tender mothering skills, an Instagram user wrote, “You’ve given life to a child which is only a dream for many. God bless you. You have the kindest heart". Another person wrote, “My sister and brother are both adopted and older (I randomly appeared haha). My sister is Sri Lankan and I love stories like this, this one was a little closer than normal, congratulations mum and dad, and gorgeous baby girl too."

While many people appreciated Megan and her family for lovingly accepting Ami, many others criticised them for going all the way to India for adopting kids in need when there are many kids in America as well.

Citing some of the judgments of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said that India's legal framework has been frequently weaponised to systematically oppress certain communities.

In a report by Bar & Bench, CJI Chandrachud added that judges should be cognisant of social realities as the marginalised social groups have been subjected to "horrendous wrongs".

He said that in both India and the US oppressed communities were denied voting rights for a long period of time.

The CJI underscored that the constitutional democracies must make sure that safeguards for these marginalized communities are upheld and policies are made for their upliftment.

Speaking at the Sixth International Conference on the 'Unfinished Legacy of Dr. BR Ambedkar' organised by Brandeis University, CJI Chandrachud said that advised that marginalise communities should have a meaningful voice in decision-making process as well.

PANAJI: A father and his two sons, one of them a minor, allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl who the family had adopted. The girl, who had been residing in Tiswadi taluka with the family of four — a husband, wife and two sons — was allegedly raped over the course of two years.

The incident came to light on Sunday when one of the brothers tried to touch the girl inappropriately. Police said she consequently left the house and narrated the incident to a neighbour who later called an NGO.

While narrating the whole incident to the NGO, the survivor said the abuse began in March 2021, when one of the brothers touched her chest and private parts and then had sexual intercourse with her. The father and the other son, a minor, also abused her similarly and raped her, police said. The survivor said her mother was unaware of the abuse as she used to leave the house for work. After speaking to the NGO, the girl called the police.

“Two FIRs have been registered against the father and one of the sons at Agasaim police station, and action has been taken against the third accused, the North Goa SP said.


(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

More than 50 years have passed since Glen Rattenbury’s baby was taken away from her at birth but that memory is “as clear as day”.

“I didn’t even get to see him after a 35-hour labour,” she said. “I could hear the nurses saying, ‘No, that one is earmarked for adoption.’ And they took him away.”

She was heartbroken.

“They put a form in front of me – I was still under the effects of morphine – and they asked me to sign him away.

“For years, I remember looking into prams and thinking, ‘That could be my baby.’ Even though I knew he would’ve grown.”

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