Opinie René Hoksbergen, oud-hoogleraar adoptie

Opinie René Hoksbergen, oud-hoogleraar adoptie

’Regels deden er niet zo toe bij adoptie kind’

Door PROF. DR. RENÉ HOKSBERGEN EMERITUS HOOGLERAAR ADOPTIE

12 december 2018

(From left) Gayatri Abraham, founder of Padme; counsellor Saras Bhaskar, Chandra Thanikachalam, VP of Indian Council for Child Welfare and paediatrician Sharada Srinivas at a panel discussion ? D SampathkumarBy Vaishali VijaykumarExpress News Service

CHENNAI : On a Saturday afternoon, a motley group — of adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, psychologists, legal and health professionals — gathered at the Wandering Artist for a panel discussion on different aspects of adoption. The event aimed to spread awareness and mitigate the gaps revolving around this sensitive topic especially post-digitisation through Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA). CARA, under the Central Government’s Ministry of Women and Child Development, is the nodal body for adoption of children.

The list of panelists included Saras Bhaskar, a counsellor; Dr Sharada Srinivas, a paediatrician; and Chandra Thanikachalam, vice president of Indian Council for Child Welfare. The session was moderated by Gayatri Abraham, founder of Padme.

Padme, a Bengaluru-based organisation started in August 2017, is a meeting ground and support system for adoptive parents, potential adoptive parents, adoptees and other stakeholders. “Padme is a result of four years of research after digitisation. There have been several developments since the Central Adoption Resource Authority was set up. All all legal adoption agencies were brought under one umbrella.

However, the whole process was taking place through a screen resulting in a loss of sharing of feelings and human interaction. However, many are aware that the system has been centralised. Another crucial part is there are very few adoption-trained counsellors. Our long-term goal is to popularise adoption as an alternate way of starting a family rather than a fallback option,” said Gayatri.

Report meeting Wereldkinderen ..

During the summer I was approached by a Master's student in Educational Sciences at Leiden University. In collaboration with, among others. Wereldkinderen Foundation hoped to learn more about intercountry adoption in the Netherlands. Her aim was, as a neutral third party, to gather information about the context of intercountry adoption in Bangladesh in the 70s and 80s. This student wanted to try to gather a wide range of opinions and stories from different sources.

Through my blogs that I wrote about Bangladesh and adoption, she ended up with me. She told me that she had read my blogs with great pleasure. She wanted to hear my story and ask me questions and if she could use some information from me. Upon hearing that she did this in collaboration with Wereldkinderen, I became a bit skeptical. World children were not so popular with many adoptees and I also had my thing with Wereldkinderen. She asked if I knew more people who wanted to work with this. I would look for her. But not everyone was jumping to give his / her cooperation. She was sorry, but after I explained why, she understood.

The invitation for a meeting follows. I did not know they also gave them a meeting for this. Wereldkinderen wanted to invite all adoptees from Bangladesh to present their findings they had made in recent months. Which findings? And what do they have for something new that we do not yet know? I would go. Later I doubted, also because world children were vague about this meeting. And it was not next door.

After I had spoken to the student last Monday, I decided to go to the meeting on Wednesday 27 November. With the knowledge that nothing will be new. But yes, the miracles are not yet out of the world! After a journey of 2.5 hours I arrive at Wereldkinderen in Den haag. I thought I would see black of the Bengal who had all come to this meeting. But unfortunately, I only saw 7 brown heads, while we really are with the 500 .. the turnout was therefore very special.

Sexually abused and their complaints hushed, 50 girls were kept in a pitiable condition in a missionary home in Tamil Nadu.

Thanks to the efforts of an IAS officer, they have finally been rescued.

KS Kandasamy, the district collector of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, was informed that the Mercy Adaikalapuram Missionary home in his jurisdiction, was violating government regulations. Soon after, he set off for the home to check its functioning, and what he saw there was nothing less than a shock for him.

Firstly, the infrastructure of the home was in a deplorable condition. Then, he noticed that about 50 girls between the ages of 5 to 22 years lived there and yet, were supervised by a male security guard. When Kandasamy discovered that 65-year-old Luban Kumar, the director of the home, also resided in the same building with his family, he got suspicious and initiated an inquiry.

Speaking to the Times of India, the IAS officer said, “The home lacked basic amenities, the girls had no privacy and were supervised by a male security guard.”

Pune activists demand clarity in new child policy

The policy has a unique feature where it says every employee should sign a declaration that he will respect children, support the right of children,protect them from any kind of harm or abuse and always report any child abuse, exploitation or neglect

PUNE Updated: Dec 29, 2018 14:44 IST

Nozia Sayyed

Hindustan Times, Pune

Six affluent couples, who each allegedly bought a child, have approached the city civil court for permission to adopt them. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday set deadlines for the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and the lower court to ensure expeditious hearing of their pleas.

A division bench of Justices BP Dharmadhikari and Sadhana Jadhav ordered that the criminal case registered against the couples in July this year for allegedly purchasing children should not be taken into account while

considering their adoption pleas.

“We are satisfied there is no harm to the safety or welfare of the child… the parents have no criminal antecedents,” the bench observed after perusing documents submitted by the couples on their social standing and

criminal record. “Pendency [of the criminal case] should not be used to deny adoption,” the bench added.

Modified rules enable 250 single women to adopt a child: Gov ..

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In a historic move, the UN General Assembly have selected ‘Children without parental care’ as the theme for the ‘Rights of the Child’ resolution for 2019. SOS Children’s Villages has applauded UN Member States for their decision – working in partnership with a coalition of 80 NGOs to express its support.

The children’s charity has offered to share it’s expertise and learnings, gained through 70 years protecting unsupported children worldwide, to support Member States’ efforts to ensure the rights of unsupported children are upheld and fulfilled.

SOS Children’s Villages works to encourage international awareness and commitment to the rights of children without parental care worldwide. They aim to strengthen the laws protecting children, both now and in the future, thereby effecting a sustainable approach to the protection of children.

SOS Children’s Villages President Siddhartha Kaul said: “We are privileged to work with committed colleagues from across the child-rights community to bring global attention to the situation of children without parental care. As practitioners in over 130 countries we know that such focus is needed to enshrine the rights of children to quality care that meets their individual best interest.”

The announcement represents the first step towards the adoption of the resolution in the UN General Assembly in 2019. Once adopted, the non-binding resolution could become the most internationally recognised guidance for states and concerned stakeholders on protecting the rights of children without parental care or at risk of losing it.

Hear Kristina Svartz, Director General of MFoF, explains why they do not investigate the adoptions. Photo: SVT

Responsible authority does not investigate the adoptions

published November 15, 2018

The Family Law and Parental Support Authority, MFoF, has decided not to open a regulatory case and investigate the adoption center's adoption of adoptions from Chile.

According to Director General Kristina Svartz, the explanation is that this task is not within the authority's mission.

CHENNAI: To check illegal adoption and kidnap of children fr ..

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