Court comes down heavily on WCD over adoption exercise Usha Rani Das29 Sep 2019 10:53 PM New Delhi: A Delhi court came down heavily on the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) for making adoptive parents travel from distant places to the national capital to complete the adoption exercise. Compelling proposed adoptive parents to travel to Delhi from distant places "militates" against the basic philosophy that it is the duty of the state to ensure every parentless child gets parent, the court said. District Judge Girish Kathpalia directed the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to submit an action taken report on whether petitions for adoption can be filed in the court within whose territorial jurisdiction the adoptive parents and the child, who is in foster care, reside so that they did not have to travel to Delhi. Also Read - SC says large number of cases filed before it due to 'insufficient or wrong sentencing' The court, in its order, noted that there were cases where the child was physically challenged or the adoptive parent was a single mother but they had to travel to the national capital from distant places to testify. The court directed the director of CARA to submit the report within a month and put the matter for further hearing on October 10. It also said that previously CARA opted not to assist the court despite the seriousness of the issue and hence asked the secretary of the Ministry of Women and Child development to take necessary actions. Also Read - Naga talks continue for second day The court, however, took note of the fact that it would be financially onerous on the adoption agencies to file petitions in the court within the territorial jurisdiction concerned. "Under the pretext that proceeding with adoption matters in the courts within whose territorial jurisdiction proposed adoptive parents reside would be expensive for adoption agencies, the basic philosophy underlying the concept of adoption under the Act (to provide parent to every parentless child) cannot be abrogated. "But the court has to adopt a positivist approach of law and has to ensure strict adherence to the laid down law.... At the same time, I also find it opportune to express disappointment that despite such seriousness of the issue, CARA opted not to respond and assist this court," the judge said. The court said that since the regulations have been framed and can be amended only by CARA (unless suitable amendments in the enactment are contemplated by the legislature), it was necessary that the issue be brought to the notice of higher authorities. "Situations were found where the proposed adoptive parents and the child under pre -adoption foster care, who are residing in far away places, have to come to Delhi to testify in order to obtain adoption orders, and in some such cases the proposed adoptive child is even physically challenged and the proposed adoptive parent is a single mother.... "There are number of cases where the child concerned is a special needs child (who was given in pre adoption foster care), is made to travel from far away places of country to Delhi (or whichever place where the adoption petitions are filed) because the proposed adoptive parents at the nascent stage of emotional bonding with the child do not want to leave the child alone at home and travel to Delhi. "There are also cases where single women opt to come forward for adoption but have to travel from far away distant places," it said. Adoption Regulations, 2017, provided that the Specialized Adoption Agency shall file an application for adoption order in the court having jurisdiction over the place where it was located, said the court. "Hence, the crux of the legal position is that an application for the adoption order has to be filed only in that court within whose territorial jurisdiction the adoption agency was located. "The compulsion for the proposed adoptive parents to travel to Delhi from far away places militates against the basic philosophy that it is the duty of the State to ensure that every parentless child gets parent," it said. As it is the duty of the State "to ensure that every orphaned and/or abandoned and/or surrendered child must get a family", it is the State which has to ensure, irrespective of financial considerations, that people are encouraged to take a child in adoption. It added the court has to adopt a positivist approach of law and has to ensure strict adherence to the laid down law. PTI

The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) also ordered Saintala police to inquire into the matter and submit a report.

BALANGIR: The newborn baby girl, who was rescued after being allegedly sold in Phapsi area of Titlagarh, was sent to the specialised adoption agency on Monday.

The Child Welfare Committee (CWC) also ordered Saintala police to inquire into the matter and submit a report.One Sarojini Mahakud of Balangir town had delivered the baby girl in Balangir and went to Phapsi to hand over infant to an unknown person. However, on a tip off, Saintala police and Childline officials rushed to the village and rescued the infant before producing her before the CWC.

In her defense, Sarojini said she wanted to hand over her baby daughter to one of her relatives due to her poor economic condition. “I have no family member and a home. My husband, who hails from Delhi, is not staying with me. I am too poor to take care of the baby,” she said. CWC chairperson J Mohanty said the baby has been sent to the adoption agency and the related formalities will start soon.

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She is now called Shanti Van Genechten, but almost 36 years ago she was born as Yamini in an orphanage in Mumbai. Her biological mother was barely 16. Today Shanti is the director of Kinderwens vzw, an organization that supports prospective parents with an unfulfilled wish for children and loss.

Shanti wrote down her life story in the book "Children's Desire, From Vulnerability to Strength." In this she supports all prospective parents and tells frankly about her own adoption. She is no longer a prospective parent herself, she has four children and lives in Molenstede near Diest.

Barely 36 years old and already an autobiography. Most people write that at the end of their life.

“The reason is my 35th year in Belgium. I have said so many times: I could write a book about my life because I have already experienced a few things. That started with my birth. Most people are born into a family, but my birth was a secret birth in an orphanage in Mumbai, then Bombay. My biological mother gave me breastfeeding for six months and then left without ever hearing anything from her. On my first birthday, I was lucky enough to be adopted by Flemish prospective parents. "

How did you find out your mother's story?

CHENNAI: Prospective parents could soon be able to adopt children through a mobile application after submitting all the

required documents. The ministry of women and child development (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/ministry-ofwomen-and-child-development) has asked all state resource agencies for suggestions to help launch a parent-friendly app

“The added advantage of a mobile app is that registration process and uploading of documents can be done on the go, from

wherever they are,” said a senior official from the department of social welfare.

Currently, the registration and process for adoption (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/adoption) are online through the

How important is the committee of inquiry into adoption fraud?

The investigation committee into adoption fraud starts today. Eva Langenus and Sandra Sebrechts are both victims of adoption fraud. They testify with us.

Dutch:

Vandaag start de onderzoekscommissie naar adoptiefraude. Eva Langenus en Sandra Sebrechts zijn allebei slachtoffer van adoptiefraude. Zij getuigen bij ons.

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Child abuse in German day-care centers

The training should help to reduce aggression of children. Original Play is the business model of a dubious, internationally active club. While parents do not know what's going on in the day care center, strangers may "play" with their children. Parents in Berlin and Hamburg reported cases of abuse and even rape.

Anmoderation 1: A child plays with an adult man ...

It is kabbbelt, caressed, pressed. But the two are not related, they may not know each other at all. It is an organized meeting place, in children's institutions with us and worldwide - and often: Without the knowledge of the parents.

Anmoderation 2: Original Play - that's the name of the original game. If you pay a course fee, you can just go straight to the kids. Together with the ORF we show for the first time and exclusively how dangerous it is easy for pedophiles to get to children. Gabi Probst.

Children's charity Barnardo's has launched a hard-hitting advertising campaign which aims to give its old-fashioned image an overhaul.

The adverts depict children in "adult" situations such as being homeless, using drugs, being in prison or being on the point of committing suicide.

[ image: The campaign puts children in

The campaign puts children in "adult" situations, for example, showing them homeless

They are linked to a new website and video, which shows case histories of the kind of children the charity deals with every day.

Incredibly, out of the more than 20 million orphans in India, less than 1% even make it to orphanages. #ImpactThatMatters #SupremeCourt

Out of the 20 million orphans in India, less than 1% are in orphanages. 117 districts in India do not have a single orphanage. (Source: MWCD Trackchild-Child Care Institutions in 2015). However, even those who make it there aren’t any better off.

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A glaring example of this came to light in May 2018 when young girls between the ages of 7-17 suffered rampant sexual abuse over many months at an orphanage in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

Additionally, orphanages arbitrate over giving these children a name, caste certificate and everything else. Maharashtra is currently the only state in India that does this, in addition to providing orphans with a 1 per cent reservation in government jobs.

Victims fraud angry about composition of expert panel

The investigation into adoption fraud with which the Flemish government is starting this week is already under attack. Victims complain that they were not involved in the composition of the expert panel, while that was promised. They fear a sham.

On Friday, the starting shot will be given for a large-scale investigation into intercountry adoption fraud. This was ordered just before the elections by the then Flemish Minister for Welfare Jo Vandeurzen (CD&V), after this newspaper had brought testimony about tampering in Ethiopian adoption files. Flanders wants to check whether mistakes have been made in recent decades and how they can be avoided in the future. It was promised that victims of the fraud and other adopted persons would play an important role in this.

However, it now appears that last summer an expert panel was put together in all silence, in which no experienced expert sits. "You are trying to push us aside", 23 adopted people reacted angrily in a letter to current welfare minister Wouter Beke (CD&V). "Moreover, we note that the Flemish Center for Adoption will play a leading role in research. That is extremely problematic. ”The VCA may have made mistakes in recent years and should therefore be kept very far from the investigation, according to the signatories. Minister Beke says he "appreciates" the letter and thinks it is a good idea to include experience experts in the expert panel. He emphasizes that the research will indeed be conducted independently and that the SCC has a purely supporting function.

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Adoption fraud victims denounce investigation: "Only white men and women in panel"

THE NEWSPAPER A large-scale investigation into adoption fraud in Flanders will start at the end of this week. However, even before the expert panel meets for the first time, problems arise. The victims find the panel anything but independent and feel they have passed. "People are trying to push us aside."

At the end of April, 17-year-old Thereza De Wannemaeker from Denderleeuw testified in this newspaper about the fraud that occurred during her adoption from Ethiopia. Following her testimony, other Ethiopian adoptive children and their parents also abandoned anonymity stories of fraud. They gave poignant examples of biological parents who were wrongly declared dead, children who were pressured to lie about their age, and boys and girls who were wrongly presented as siblings.

In response to the flow of stories, MEP Lorin Parys (N-VA) urged then Minister of Welfare Jo Vandeurzen (CD&V) to put together an expert panel that could conduct an independent investigation into all possible cases of intercountry adoption fraud in Flanders. In the new coalition agreement, that plan was ratified and almost 60,000 euros were made available for it. This Friday the time has finally come: the panel will meet for the first time and the investigation will officially start

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