MADURAI: A new-born baby girl was handed over to child welfare

committee (CWC) on Tuesday as parents, who already have three children

could not afford to take care of her.

The couple hailing from a village near Elumalai are farmhands. The baby

was born at Elumalai government hospital.

A Dutch court is to be asked to lift the statute of limitation on a legal action in which 19 women aim to sue the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in the Netherlands for allegedly holding them against their will as forced labour.

The Catholic congregation has previously refused to engage with claimants on the basis that action was time-barred. However, subpoenas have now been served on the order for a hearing in which the judges will be asked to use their discretion to lift the statute and allow the full case to be aired.

The basis of the application will be that the women – all of whom are now in their 70s or 80s – were deliberately traumatised during their incarceration in order to ensure their compliance and, as a result, were psychologically incapable of taking the action for most of their lives.

The Sisters of the Good Shepherd ran homes all over Europe, as well as in Canada and Australia, where women and girls were allegedly forced into lives of abuse after being incarcerated, often with the agreement of their parents or sometimes even child protection organisations, up to the 1970s.

Some of the most notorious abuse took place at the Magdalene laundries in Ireland, for which then taoiseach Enda Kenny issued an apology on behalf of the State in February 2013. A €50 million compensation scheme was set up for survivors among the 30,000 women they had incarcerated.

As a result of a questionnaire from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), which was drawn up on behalf of the Committee for the Investigation of Intercountry Adoption, and which was distributed by post among international adoptees on Friday 17 April, many recipients have raised questions about the purpose. of this research. Not only with regard to the purpose, but there is also concern about the method of obtaining personal data: how does Statistics Netherlands know that we have been adopted (abroad)?

On April 17, I wrote to Mr Daalmans and Mr Van der Schors about this by e-mail. On April 20, Mr. Daalmans called me back with an explanation of a response that was in preparation and which I would receive later by e-mail. He first wanted to clear the air by phone.

My main concern is that subjective feelings about how adoption per individual has turned out do not fit into an investigation into abuses in intercountry adoption. It seemed for a while, given the highlighted parts of the survey (what was your relationship with your educators, what was your school days, what are your social contacts, what do you think about adoption) that the CBS survey would be about this. In the past, adoptees have already taken part in satisfaction surveys, in which the results were used by all kinds of parties and misused to proclaim their own vision towards politics and government. I also emphasized this in the telephone conversation. I also explained in more detail why I think that the entire explanation in the accompanying letter and folder creates a lot of confusion. The approach of the CBS survey and the research process has been described in such a way that it seems to me that the group of adoptees is once again being used for a useless satisfaction survey. Incidentally, FIOM is already mapping out the needs and wishes of adoptees in their search for their roots. Are all those studies next to each other now all necessary? It all costs time and money. Are all those studies side by side now all necessary? It all costs time and money. Are all those studies next to each other now all necessary? It all costs time and money.

Mr. Daalmans explained that a questionnaire was drawn up in the context of the independent investigation into intercountry adoption in the past, so that the committee can include the results in the recommendations that will be addressed to the Ministry of Justice and Security. The CBS investigation is therefore part of the investigation into abuses in international adoptions in the past and the results will be incorporated in the report that is expected in October 2020. However, it is not a question of whether or not the adoptee is satisfied with the fact that he or she has been adopted, said Mr Daalmans. If it is found that the Dutch government has failed in the past, it is therefore also important to know what the needs of adoptees are in the context of root search and what they may encounter as a result of those abuses. It may also be that the outcome is that nothing can be directly blamed on the Dutch government at the time, but that the Joustra Committee also makes recommendations about what the government could do (moral duty?) To support intercountry adoptees in answering parentage questions. . The committee wants to investigate this itself with the help of an independent research agency - which performs a task based on the Central Bureau of Statistics Act - and does not want to use the needs and wishes that the FIOM has collected during these recommendations all kinds of meetings with adoptees that have taken place recently. As I myself believe, FIOM is not a sufficiently independent party for this.

This was the thrust of the conversation. Below an explanation that I received by e-mail afterwards to supplement our conversation. Everyone has to decide for themselves whether or not to complete the survey on this basis. I do not want to go into that and I cannot determine that. I only tried to create more clarity about the purpose of the research, the way in which personal data are obtained and what the results are used for. In my opinion, it is important that the research method, the method of analysis and processing of the data obtained are adequately substantiated and justified in the report of the Joustra Committee. Validity and reliability of the study should also be discussed. Does the research provide an answer to the research question and do the results serve the actual purposepurpose of it? Unfortunately, we can only judge it properly afterwards.

Tens of thousands of people who have been adopted from Sri Lanka to other countries are awaiting answers if their adoption was carried out legally and ethically. It has been more than two and a half years since the Sri Lankan Minister of Health acknowledged that irregularities had been committed regarding foreign adoptions. The investigation into the alleged illegal adoptions does not even seem to have begun in Sri Lanka, writes Daniel Cidrelius.

A legal process should be initiated at transnational level to prosecute those who have traded with people in adoption contexts, whether for financial gain or in connection with individuals' desire to start a family. Adopted persons can never be rehabilitated until those responsible have been held accountable.

However, this may encounter problems as the adoptions from, for example, Sri Lanka to Sweden took place in the past, which is why in a legal context it may have taken too long to bring charges. It can also be argued that laws in the context of adoption were not drafted during the beginning of the intensive adoption activity and that laws over the years have been changed to counteract the irregularities. Trafficking in human beings in all its forms, however, has been banned since the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.

Many adoptions can be the subject of criminal acts

Politicians, government officials, adoptive parents, adoptees and people in general know, of course, that trafficking in children for adoption is a crime and can be seen as part of a cross-border organized crime. Of course, not all adoptions that have taken place over the years have been part of an organized trade. But many adoptions can be the subject of criminal acts. Therefore, it is important that the adoptions from other countries to Sweden are investigated. Thus, adoptees can get an answer as to whether their particular adoption was carried out in a legal and ethical manner.

Chinese internet giants, including Tencent and Q&A platform Zhihu vowed to investigate and shut down chatrooms and messages on baby trafficking through illegal adoptions after widespread anger emerged over online platforms that help child trafficking. The move comes after a foster father was accused of raping his adopted daughter.

An 18-year-old girl has accused her adoptive father Bao Yuming, a lawyer, of sexually abusing her since she was 14 when Bao illegally adopted her through an online platform.

Media reports have revealed that online adoption has been a gray industry that thrives on social media platforms, including Tencent QQ, and Zhihu, spawning an industrial chain with services ranging from baby adoption to household registration.

Zhihu was reported to be full of illegal messages and posts, with some even listing prices starting at 100,000 yuan. The internet company responded on Monday and said they have since cleared all illegal child trafficking advertising and permanently closed accounts that were connected to such services.

Tencent announced on Tuesday it would increase security efforts against crimes involving illegal online child adoption.

"The first question anybody asks my child is: 'Tumhaare papa kahaan hain?' (Where is your father?). It is a normal question. But I tell them she does not have a father."

As a society, we have evolved a lot over the years. But, there still exist some constructs. The concept of family and parenthood, for instance, is still viewed from the prism of old-school understanding. There has to be mother and a father, who together, will then raise a child. But, what about those who are raised by a single parent? And if there is no co-parent in the picture at all?

There are many stories of people opting to adopt children and raise them as their own. They do it with or without their families, regardless of their marital status. And Supriya Deverkonda’s story is one of them. The 40-something Gurugram-based analytics expert, who works at a multinational company shares her motherhood journey with Express Parenting.

“My decision to become a mother and adopt a child was not a spontaneous one. My parents were always supportive, and they never had an issue with it. My mother did mention marriage. She asked me if I could marry someone first, and I said okay. In 2012, I had waited enough and did not find any compatible partner. That is when I decided to go ahead for adoption,” she tells us.

Deverkonda then went ahead and registered under the old Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) system. Since 2017, the system has changed a bit and everything has become more centralised and digital.

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DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — A West Chicago couple is finally back together with their family after they were stranded in India while picking up their adoptive daughter.

The couple was stuck in India for 21 days while their two other children were waiting for them back in Illinois.

“We’re very excited to be home, a little tired, but we’re glad to be home,” Chris Santa Maria said.

“Basically we got there March 1. We were moving along with the adoption paperwork and then in the middle of it this lockdown occurs and everything shuts down. Once the lockdown came in, we weren’t able to travel at all,” Chris said.

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. — A West Chicago couple is finally back together with their family after they were stranded in India while picking up their adoptive daughter.

The couple was stuck in India for 21 days while their two other children were waiting for them back in Illinois.

“We’re very excited to be home, a little tired, but we’re glad to be home,” Chris Santa Maria said.

“Basically we got there March 1. We were moving along with the adoption paperwork and then in the middle of it this lockdown occurs and everything shuts down. Once the lockdown came in, we weren’t able to travel at all,” Chris said.

India announced two different dayslong lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19 while the couple was there.