Sute de români protesteaz? împotriva Norvegiei la Bucure?ti. Care e nemul?umirea/ foto

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Sute de persoane protesteaz? la aceast? or? împotriva serviciului norvegian de protec?ie a copilului - Barnevernet - care a confiscat la propriu copiii unei familii din România care locuie?te în Norvegia pentru acuza?ii penibile.

Udupi: Meet Nik Gugger, an orphan from Udipi, who has now emerged as Switzerland's Member of Parliament and social entrepreneur. Born in Udipi, Karnataka, Gugger was abandoned by his biological parents almost four decades ago. He is the first Indian-origin and youngest MP in Switzerland

On May 1, 1970, a lady delivered a baby boy in Basel Mission hospital of Udupi. However, due to unknown reason, the mother deserted her baby and fled the hospital.

Later, the baby was adopted by a German Missionary couple, Fritz Gugger and Elizabeth Gugger, who used to run an orphanage in Thalassery of Kannur district of Kerala. After four years, Guggers went back to the native country of Switzerland.

However, he is hesitant to find out his biological mother. "'No mother will abandon her child without a strong reason. If I meet my mother now it will be shock to her" says Gugger, who believes in destiny.

Gugger was sworn in as member of Swiss National Council in Bern in November this year. He has been elected as a candidate of the Evangelical Peoples Party. He is one of the youngest members in Swiss Parliment.

MO * has a new business leader

Bernard Sintobin will be working as a business leader at Wereldmediahuis from January 2016, the publisher of MO * magazine and MO.be. His main task is to ensure a solid financial and economic foundation for the association, so that the valued media initiatives can be further expanded in a sustainable way.

Bernard Sintobin has been active in commercial and general management for 35 years. In addition, he had an important voluntary commitment as an international treasurer of Amnesty International until August 2015, a mandate that has now expired.

Bernard was born in 1952 and studied civil engineering at the KULeuven. He also holds a postgraduate degree in management from S.P.S.O. (now Vlerick Leuven Ghent).

Bernard worked as a commercial director or manager for Holvoet NV (textile), Brouwerij Haacht and Varia-Pack (packaging).

Video INTERVIEW - Ambassador Susan Jacobs: It would be reasonable

opening in Romania of international adoption for children with

special needs - PHOTO, VIDEO

It would be reasonable for Romania to reopen international adoption for children who do not find a home, those with special needs, older people

or with several siblings, says US Ambassador Susan Jacobs, a special adviser on child issues, in an interview with MEDIAFAX.

'Huge rise' in newborn babies subject to care proceedings

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There has been a "huge" rise in the number of newborns who are subject to care proceedings in England, according to figures compiled for the first time.

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German woman meets biological mother in Gumla after 27 years

K A Gupta | Dec 13, 2015, 10.55 PM IST

Gumla: In a fairytale of sorts, a 27-year-old Indian-born German woman travelled 7,000 km to the tribal heartland of Gumla to meet her biological mother after 27 years. It was an emotional reunion for Sarika Kratz - a psychology student living in Dusseldorf - and her mother as the two met privately at an undisclosed location on Sunday.

"I am very happy to meet my mother. She is very nice. I have been impressed by her," she told TOI. The meeting point of Kratz and her mother, a tribal woman now in her fifties, was kept under wraps respecting the latter's wish.

The mother, who had given up Kratz to the Missionaries of Charity 27 winters ago identified her lost child from the latter's photographs. "She must continue her study with zeal and not think about me only," the mother said.

Adopties uit Ethiopië stilgelegd

Vandaag om 09:22 door Veerle Beel

Na problemen in Oeganda en Marokko, worden nu ook adopties uit Ethiopië stilgelegd. Daardoor staan 18 gezinnen in de kou.

De beslissing is vermoedelijk vanwege één dossier genomen, een dossier van een kind dat in augustus naar ons land kwam. Alleen de moeder had het kind afgestaan. Ze zei dat ze weduwe was, maar er zijn nu vermoedens dat de vader nog zou leven.

Kind en Gezin, de Vlaamse centrale autoriteit inzake adoptie, heeft daarop besloten een extern onderzoeker ter plaatse aan het werk te zetten. Die moet nagaan of er iets is misgegaan en moet ook alle lopende dossiers aan een extra controle onderwerpen. Tot dat gebeurd is, zal de federale autoriteit inzake adoptie, die onder Justitie valt, geen enkele adoptie uit Ethiopië goedkeuren. Het onderzoek zal weken zo niet maanden in beslag nemen.

It is within the power of a judge to sever all legal ties between a child in care and its birth family through an adoption order. Most adoption orders for children in care in England are made without parental consent, and are sometimes referred to as “forced” adoption. With political pressure mounting to speed up the adoption process, we are at risk of rushing through more of these adoptions, despite serious concerns on whether this is the best option for the children involved.

In the year to March 31 2014, 5,050 children in England were adopted from care and over 95% of these were without parental consent. This happens in circumstances where children are deemed to have suffered or are likely to suffer significant harm through neglect or abuse.

The UK is not the only country in Europe with non-consensual adoption. It is possible in most countries, but no other EU state exercises this power to the extent that England does. In Germany, 250 non-consensual adoptions of children took place in 2010. In contrast the average number of children a year adopted in the Netherlands is 28 and only if the parents don’t object.

These comparisons highlight the different ways countries meet the needs of children in care and the influence of social and political contexts on how policies develop. They also challenge the dominant political narrative in England that contrasts the “loving” adoptive family with the “tragedy” of a child remaining with its birth families or in foster care. While there are many loving adoptive families, the same can be said about parents, relatives and foster carers.

In many other EU countries, it is much easier for families to access support if they need help. Great emphasis is placed on helping families to care for children safely at home and maintaining family links if in care. But in “austerity” England, family support services are closing, thresholds are high, and social work is being defined as a narrow child protection service.

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1 Lieven Vandendriessche (r.) is met zijn Amerikaanse man Jeff Tallyen sinds de zomer van 2009 de trotse vader van Maya en Ella, twee meisjes uit Amerika. ©© Delia Vermant