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I was adopted as a young child and as a teenager, I would like to share a few things for adoptive

parents to keep in mind:

1. Remove the taboo:

Adoption should not become a taboo subject around your child or family. A factor that always

hinders the chance of a smooth adoption conversation is that people tend to think of adoption as

A Brazilian couple has given a whole new meaning to the term sister-wife.

Adriana, 39, and husband Leandro, 37 – who didn't want to reveal their surnames – have been together for seven years and have a 6-year-old daughter. Now, thanks to a shocking revelation on a radio show, the happily married pair found out that they are even closer than they thought – like brother and sister close.

The two had both spent their lives searching for their respective mothers, both named Maria, and had both been abandoned when they were still babies. Seeking some closure on the issue, Adriana went on Radio Globo's “The Time Is Now” program, which specializes in finding lost relatives, and was reunited with her birth mother.

During the heartfelt reunion, the mother also revealed that Adriana also has a younger brother and guess who that was? That’s right, it’s Adriana’s husband, Leandro.

Obviously, shocked by the news of her incestuous marriage, Adriana broke down on the set and began to cry uncontrollably.

CHALCO, Mex., (EL UNIVERSAL) .- A woman who gave her daughter for illegal adoption was sentenced to 18 years and four years in prison by a judge from the Chalco Judicial District.

The agent of the Public Ministry of the Special Prosecutor's Office for Trafficking in Persons accredited the participation of Erika Janeth Juárez González in the crime of trafficking in persons , in the form of who, in his capacity as a person who has authority over whom the conduct is exercised, delivers in illegal adoption to a minor .

The judge also imposed fines of 575 thousand 580 pesos and 86 thousand 880 pesos to repair the damage.

According to the accusation of the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico, on September 13, 2020, Erika Janeth handed over to a subject her minor daughter of 2 years and seven months of age, along with a birth certificate of the little girl for the illegal adoptions.

The woman, accompanied by the victim, appeared on Calle Sur 1, in the Santa Cruz neighborhood, in the municipality of Valle de Chalco, where she handed the little girl over to an individual, who paid her 5,000 pesos.

Today a bicameral meeting was held on the rights of children and adolescents whose objective was to carry out an informative meeting about the Single Registry of Aspirants to Guard for Adoptive Purposes , that is, they were in charge of analyzing and debating the alignments about the processes and records that are needed to finalize an adoption .

Paola Vessvessian , national deputy for the province of Santa Cruz, began by announcing that within that meeting there was the presence of the National Director of the single registry of aspiring guardians for adoptive purposes , Gustavo Herrero , whose purpose was that that person can tell about the situation of the adoption system in Argentina. Therefore, she gave the floor to him.

"We have proposed to work from now on fundamentally to improve the process, that is the intention we have," Herrero began by saying. And he explained that they promoted different meeting spaces for several years where they give informative talks for families or interested people who have not had contact with adoption "to dispel myths and clarify doubts."

"We make available to the community a program of counseling and accompaniment to families in a period of bonding, custody, and adoption, because many times they need it and we as a State must assume that responsibility," he continued. And he added that a data that is fundamental is the reduction of half the files in the database: "we believe that it is due to multiple factors, economic, the pandemic, among other reasons."

He also commented that adoptive availability is "wide", that is, people already approach the adoption system with a lot of prior information. "In the public calls, we asked ourselves if they worked, in addition to the adoption issue, on the different family models that we have in our society," he added.

A series of hearings with specialists is being carried out by the Constitution, Legislation, Justice and Regulation Commission , within the framework of the general study of the project that proposes a complete reform of the adoption system in Chile.

The initiative is in its second process in the Senate and the instance agreed to know the opinions of lawyers, law professors, psychologists, foundations and social organizations linked to the issue, before voting on the initiative in general.

Along these lines, he has already heard the representatives of MOVILH and Fundación Iguales, who have expressed themselves in favor of homoparental adoption ( See related note ).

He also heard the opinions of the representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef); from the Pro Acogida Foundation; of the Chilean Association of Foster Families and of the Childhood Commission of the College of Psychologists ( Check the session here ).

During the last day, the academics Rommy Álvarez Escudero, from the Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Leonor Etcheberry, from the Diego Portales University, and Irene Salvo; the representative of the Pro Bono Foundation, Constanza Alvial, and the lawyer and former director of Sename, Francisco Estrada.

A proud mum desperate for a second child gave birth to 'eBaby' after turning to the internet to pick up some sperm and an insemination kit.

Stephenie Taylor, 33, was dismayed when she discovered how much private fertility clinics cost and for a moment thought she would have to abandon her plans of having a second child.

But then she discovered the Just A Baby app which she used to order some sperm, then she turned to eBay to order an insemination kit - before learning how to use it with YouTube tutorials, as the Daily Star reports.

Stephenie conceived on the first try and later gave birth to baby Eden, and described her as a "miracle" and a "real online baby".

She said: "If I didn't have access to all that electronically then she wouldn't be here. But I'm over the moon to be a mum again and I'm proud of the way she came into the world."

In the report, Brandpunt lets two other women speak next to Betty. The first woman says that she gave up her child with the expectation that she would receive financial support. The mother said in this broadcast that she knocked on the door of the foster home in vain for information. However, the story is not fully portrayed. After an investigation by Wereldkinderen, the woman turned out to be the mother. She went back on her decision to distance herself. The child then went back to this mother, of course. Wereldkinderen also helped with her housing. Wereldkinderen has not been involved in hair renunciation procedure nor was it aware of her expectation of financial support. In the meantime, Wereldkinderen has received information from Brandpunt from the woman whom the journalist addresses at the end of the report. It concerns an adoption that was made eight years ago. Wereldkinderen will investigate the case on the basis of this information.

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On Sunday evening, a broadcast of Brandpunt is devoted to adoption from Ethiopia. The KRO tries to show a failing adoption practice based on the story of a girl. However, Brandpunt paints a wrong picture of the girl portrayed. Although there are errors in her papers, all those involved were aware that the biological parents were still alive and clarity was also given about her age during the procedure. For privacy reasons, Wereldkinderen cannot disclose any information that shows that this adoption has been made in a responsible manner.

Wereldkinderen is not the party that has filed the summary proceedings against the broadcast. Wereldkinderen is in favor of openness about adoption, but prefers not to go into individual cases publicly.

Wereldkinderen has had research carried out and stopped with new adoptions in 2009.

Wereldkinderen has been mediating for adoptions from Ethiopia since 1985. In order to learn from our work in the past and to continuously improve the quality of our work, Wereldkinderen commissioned a study in 2009 into the background of 18 randomly selected mediations from the period 2004-2008. In 2009 the conclusions of this investigation gave rise to the temporary non-processing of new adoption applications. Questions about the results of the investigation were also asked in the House of Representatives at the time. The result was a stricter procedure for new mediations from Ethiopia. The stricter procedure means, among other things, that the backgrounds of the children are examined extra before their adoption is heard in court. And that information about distance and adoption is provided to the biological relatives at an early stage to make them aware of alternative care and the impact of giving up.

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In Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, hundreds of thousands of Roma live in poverty without medical care, heating or running water. Open discrimination, high unemployment and a lack of school and vocational training determine everyday life. Organized crime also takes advantage of the desire for a better life. Christiane Feller reports.

Frida Uyttebrouck is on patrol again. The policewoman has been roaming downtown Brussels with her two colleagues for many years, making sure that everything is okay. A woman is sitting on the side of the road with a small child. You hold your hands on. The policemen politely ask for the ID.

The beggar woman's papers from Romania are in order. Only the three-year-old daughter belongs in kindergarten, the policewoman warns, and not to go begging on the street.

Begging mothers with their toddlers, twelve-year-old girls who wrest a few cents from motorists on the four-lane incursion to the EU quarter for cleaning the windshield - this is a common sight not only in Brussels, but also in other large cities. But what sometimes seems annoying to the morning driver is often born of necessity, says the Roma Valeriu Nicolae:

“Most children run away from home, flee from extremely poor circumstances because they simply can no longer bear it. Some of them have been abused and have alcoholic fathers. They then go to the big cities in Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Moldova. There they also live in poor conditions. The west appears as a land of milk and honey. The criminals know that. "