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10 December 2013 - Baroness Nicholson

Emma Nicholson lecture

The 2013 series of Speakers Lectures sees parliamentarians in Westminster speak about their experiences of other parliaments and assemblies.

Baroness Nicholson - now a Liberal Democrat peer - was an MP between 1987 and 1997, first as a Conservative and then as a Liberal Democrat.

In 1999 she was elected to the European Parliament, serving for a decade.

Bemiddelaar adopties reorganiseert

Bemiddelaar adopties reorganiseert

Adoptiebureau Wereldkinderen moet drastisch reorganiseren. Door een dalend aantal internationale adopties en 'onvoldoende financiële sturing' zal de organisatie in omvang halveren en de banden met tientallen hulpprojecten doorsnijden, zo meldt Trouw. Directeur Marc Tijhuis wil bovendien fuseren met de overige vijf Nederlandse adoptiebemiddelaars tot één organisatie. Het aantal buitenlandse adopties zakte vorig jaar naar 488, aldus de Stichting Adoptievoorzieningen. In 2004 waren het er meer dan 1300.

Reorganisatie adoptiebemiddelaar

Reorganisatie adoptiebemiddelaar

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Toegevoegd: zaterdag 26 jan 2013, 11:03

Adoptieorganisatie Wereldkinderen moet reorganiseren. De organisatie kampt al jaren met een dalend aantal adopties, minder donateurs en teruglopende ledenaantallen.

Volgens directeur Marc Tijhuis is een reorganisatie onvermijdelijk. Het aantal voltijdbanen moet van 22 naar 12 worden teruggebracht. Dat komt volgens Tijhuis ook door foute keuzes die in het verleden zijn gemaakt.

Adoption system based on a colonial past

Adoption system based on a colonial past

CHILD'S best interests? Missionary couple with their two foster children. - Photo: Danmission. Year: approx. 1905

The performances adoption system is rooted in the Christian European civilization superiority.

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Das verlorene Kind (German TV: ZDF) - YOUTUBE

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“Das verlorene Kind – Auslandsadoption in Indien”





ZDFinfo zeigt am Freitag, den 25. Januar 2013 um 9 Uhr eine interessante Reportage über Adoption in Indien und die Welt zwischen Mutterliebe und Kinderhandel.

Der Film “Das verlorene Kind – Auslandsadoption in Indien” handelt von dem Mädchen Anisha aus Indien, welches mit elf Monaten von einem deutschen Ehepaar adoptiert wird. Als sie 14 Jahre alt wird, begibt Anisha sich auf die Suche nach ihrer leiblichen Mutter.

Nach drei Jahren Suche findet sie schließlich zu ihren indischen Wurzeln zurück und erfährt dabei von ihrer Mutter Fatima, dass sie ein “gestohlenes Kind”. So wurde Anisha ihrer leiblichen Mutter von einer holländischen Ordensschwester als Baby entrissen und zur Adoption freigegeben.

Madeleine Eilenstein hat Anisha in der Reportage “Das verlorene Kind – Auslandsadoption in Indien” bei der Suche nach ihrer Mutter begleitet. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt ist das Mädchen 17 Jahre alt. In Indien wird Anisha mit einem korrupten System konfrontiert.

Und auch in Deutschland können ihr die Behörden bei der Beantwortung nach der Frage, wie das alles überhaupt passieren konnte, nicht weiterhelfen. So bleibt Anisha nichts übrig, als die bittere Erkenntnis zu akzeptieren, dass anscheinend niemand Verantwortung für diese Ungerechtigkeit übernehmen möchte.

Dabei ist das Schicksal Anishas und ihrer Familie längst kein Einzelfall. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation ACT in Brüssel stellt immer wieder fest, dass es sich bei Auslandsadoptionen in vielen Fällen um verdeckten, legalisierten Kinderhandel handelt. Und so war es auch die Nicht-Regierungs-Organisation ACT, die der jungen gebürtigen Inderin bei der Suche nach ihrer Mutter geholfen hatte.

Nachdem Anisha mit 17 Jahren endlich ihre Mutter gefunden hat, trifft sie im Frühling 2012 auch ihren indischen Vater. Sie ist zerrissen zwischen ihrer indischen Herkunft und ihrem Leben in Deutschland.

Die ZDFinfo-Reportage “Das verlorene Kind – Auslandsadoption in Indien” begleitet Anisha und spricht mit der jungen Frau über ihr Schicksal. Vor allem aber appelliert sie, das Thema Auslandsadoption kritisch zu hinterfragen.

International Adoptions By U.S. Parents Fell In 2012, Continuing Multi-Year Decline

International Adoptions By U.S. Parents Fell In 2012, Continuing Multi-Year Decline

Reuters | Posted: 01/24/2013 11:38 pm EST

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* China biggest source of foreign adoptions, followed by Ethiopia, Russia

* Falling numbers stem from Hague convention aimed at curbing corruption

Lumos Bulgaria: Supporting deinstitutionalisation: focus on autism

Supporting deinstitutionalisation: focus on autism

24.01.13

Autism should never be the cause of children being separated from their families. Yet, depressingly, in many Eastern European countries, children diagnosed with autism are separated from their families and placed in institutions because there are no services to support them in their communities. Many children with undiagnosed autism are also placed in institutions because they display challenging behavior. Increasing awareness and developing support for children with autism is therefore critical to ensuring they are not removed from their families and communities. It is also vital to develop community services so children with autism who have been placed in institutions can return home.

As part of our work in Bulgaria, Lumos is supporting professionals working on the State Agency for Child Protection’s ‘Childhood for All’ project, which is overseeing the closure of all institutions for children with disabilities in Bulgaria and securing appropriate placements for the children. The needs of children with autism within this process are specific and is it vital that professionals understand how best to support them. As part of our work on this issue, we recently organized for Dr Iain McClure, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at The Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, to deliver a seminar to professionals involved in preparing children from institutions to move back into the community. Dr McClure’s seminar focused on the particular needs of children with autism in the context of the closure of institutions for children with disabilities.

A Lumos spokesperson in Bulgaria said: “The process of moving the children is extremely complicated. These children have spent their entire life in one room in the institution; what lies ahead of them is going to be a tremendous challenge. The preparation of a child with a disorder from the autistic spectrum is specific and will differ from the preparation of a child with sensory impairment or cerebral paralyses. Our responsibility is to be ready to handle this process in the most gentle to the child way”.

UNICEF: ‘’Strategic dialogue between DG Enlargement and UNICEF on cooperation in Enlargement Countries’’ in Brussels

UNICEF: ‘’Strategic dialogue between DG Enlargement and UNICEF on cooperation in Enlargement Countries’’ in Brussels

Date: Jan 21, 2013 00:00:00 to 23:59

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UNICEF Representative to Montenegro Benjamin Perks took part to a series of meetings ‘’Strategic dialogue between DG Enlargement and UNICEF on cooperation in Enlargement Countries’’ in Brussels on 21 and 22 January. The objective of the meetings was to identify and affirm strategic alignment, common agenda and shared objectives between UNICEF and the EU in this region, and to update and communicate UNICEF’s role and strengths as a partner, including for regional and cross-border cooperation. Mr. Perks had a separate meeting with Dirk Lange, DG Enlargement’s Head of Unit for Montenegro.

Griffini's rebuttal of L'Espresso: BULGARIA, ORC BURROW AIBI DISPROVES,

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BULGARIA, ORC BURROW AIBI DISPROVES, the express CONFIRMATION Confirm what is written in the article. Since I was no immediately report to the Commission on intercountry adoptions by Aibi, I asked Marco Griffini President when he presented. His response was: "I don't recall the date." Odd Amnesia if, as now Aibi, the alert was made on 3 January: because the phone call between the express and was only Griffini four days later. It must be said that parents of children who have suffered violence at staff have written the Chairman of Aibi four email: 12 October, 16 November, 12 December, 30 December. Already the October 12 the report "gruesome details" and "aberrant" Bulgarian Institute of dynamics. But from that stated by parents and confirmed by President of Aibi, Gawali has never responded.(F.G.)

The PRESIDENT of AIBI, MARCO GRIFFINI, WROTE: in the investigation by Fabrizio Gatti "In ORC lair" ("L'Espresso" No. 2) refers to some facts related to the adoption of three minors in Bulgaria at an Institute through AI.bi. Associazione Amici dei Bambini, notified body pursuant to the applicable law.

In the article referring to some "facts" that occurred in the Bulgarian school in which children were adopted. Refers in particular to sexual behaviour among minors and sexual violence by the paedophiles adults. Of these facts, according to the article, AI.bi. would have been aware.

This message is misleading and seriously harmful to AI.bi. as unfounded.