Same sex marriage, adoption next?

“Till now, as homosexuality was criminalised, any course you wished to pursue like marriage or adoption becomes illegal and criminalised." said lawyer Vijayalakshmi Khopade.

PUNE: While the Supreme Court has legalised the homosexuality, same sex marriages are yet to be legalised. Moreover, adoption too remains a non-permissible account for same sex couples in India. Sakal Times spoke to legal experts about what will be other issues that need to be tackled after this historic verdict.

“Till now, as homosexuality was criminalised, any course you wished to pursue like marriage or adoption becomes illegal and criminalised. But now when consensual sex between LGBTQI community and homosexuality has been given legal status, they should get social acceptance in way of marriage and followed by permitting adoption for such couples,” said lawyer Vijayalakshmi Khopade.

“There are very rare cases of same sex couples adopting children, therefore, stating that it will prove to be negative is wrong. Definitely, a study should be carried out regarding sociology, psychology and legal aspects of adoption in these cases. There are many single parents whose children have grown up to be fine citizens. Apart from this, there should be statutory provisions to define adoption for the child who is being adopted by such couples in terms of succession, property etc,” said Khopade.

Adopted Utah man re-united with Chilean birth mother may be human trafficking victim

by Bronagh Tumulty Saturday, September 8th 2018

An adopted Utah man was re-united with his birth mother in Chile after 42 years. He's now trying to determine whether he was a victim of human trafficking as a child. (Photo: Pixton Family)

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Marshallese Families Fall Prey to Adoption Misconduct

Legislative scheme leads to communication barriers

By: Alex Caprariello

Posted: Sep 07, 2018 05:53 AM CDT

Updated: Sep 07, 2018 05:53 AM CDT

The two-day conference " Child friendly justice and integrated child protection systems - lessons learned from EU projects ", organized by the European Commission, Justice and Consumer Affairs Department, ended yesterday - 26 June , for a cross-cutting comparison between stakeholders from the 28 European Union countries.

Among those present was also a representative of Ai.Bi., Monica Barbarotto, Head of Projects and International Cooperation of Amici dei Bambini.

Objectives of the two-day event in Brussels: to learn and exchange good practices in the field of European planning for justice systems and child- friendly protection with a view to " Child friendly justice and integrated child protection systems" .

On the first day of work, held Monday 25 at the Albert Borschette convention center, some of the interventions funded by the Commission over the last 3 years were presented, with the aim of illustrating methodologies and practices ready to be replicated.

Among all, a Swedish project on the promotion of ' barnahus': multi-purpose centers and places where the child undergoing judicial procedures can take advantage of numerous services and the support of a multidisciplinary team; from the medical tests to the therapies, from the places for the testimonies to the interrogations, all followed by doctors, social workers, psychologists, magistrates and representatives of the police.

7 kids rescued at rly stn after escaping from Miraj madarsa

They are thought to be from Bihar’s Bhagalpur, and are currently with the CWC.

The ugly face of children being harassed in the name of education at various fake madrasas across the state has come to fore yet again, after as many as seven children ran away from one such place and were rescued by an NGO from Pune railway station on Thursday afternoon.

The children were then sent to a shelter home in Talegaon by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC).

While it continues to be a mystery as to how children in such large numbers are being brought in from Bihar, the seven kids in the latest case were also discovered to be natives of Bihar’s Bhagalpur district.

TISS which had conducted the social audit had found that sexual abuse of varying forms was prevalent in almost all shelter homes in Bihar.

Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund in 2013 to champion every girl's right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. (Photo: File | AP)

Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai founded Malala Fund in 2013 to champion every girl's right to 12 years of free, safe, quality education. (Photo: File | AP)

New Delhi: The Malala Fund on Wednesday said it is suspending its grants to Sakhi and Nari Gunjan, two organisations named in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences' (TISS) social audit report of short stay homes across Bihar with immediate effect.

TISS which had conducted the social audit had found that sexual abuse of varying forms and degree of intensity was prevalent in almost all shelter homes in Bihar.

Maneka Gandhi tweeted that she was “deeply anguished” by the rape of 34 young girls by staff at a government-funded home in Bihar, a case that has caused nationwide outrage since it was uncovered last month.

But Anant Kumar Asthana, a child rights lawyer who advises homes on legal compliance, said phones and helplines were not the solution, calling the case a “glaring example of how pathetic the system is”.

“Giving posters and telephones is not sufficient because these children are living in an institution and know that if they complain, people inside will come to know,” Asthana told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“We must acknowledge the vulnerabilities of such children. These childcare institutions are basically incarceration facilities where children are locked up and they have no agency, no free will or sufficient protections.”

Sexual and physical abuse are common in India’s care homes, where many children are placed by parents who are too poor to feed, clothe and shelter them, campaigners say.

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Bjelave children: research continues

On July 18, 1992, a convoy of children left Sarajevo under siege. 46 of those taken from the Bjelave orphanage, they never returned to Bosnia: they were given up for adoption, despite living biological parents. A tragic story, re-emerged from the dark

06/09/2018 - Nicole Corritore

"I do not know anything about my mother, I know who generated me, it's all the life I want to see you, at least one person in my family". E 'Luca, in Skype Skype from Milan talking with his cousin Kenyan Kenan in Sarajevo, all taken up and then included in the service created in collaboration with OBCT by Rai journalist Andrea Oskari Rossini for the transmission "EstOvest" and with which he won the Luchetta 2018 prize .

The story of Luca starts from afar, in 1992 in Sarajevo at war, and has seen other children involved like him. A story that OBC Transeuropa has been following for years and which last summer has resurfaced again from the dark thanks to a 2006 article signed by the undersigned and subsequent and recent investigations.

Image for representational purpose only.By Preeja PrasadExpress News Service

BENGALURU: According to the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), there are only 40 children registered for adoption in the city, but 202 couples waiting to bring a child home. Speaking to City Express, these future parents share their tiresome journeys of waiting and hoping.

For Sheela Bhatt (name changed) and her husband, the journey to adopt a child has been long and tiresome. A business analyst by profession, Sheela decided to take a break this year and focus on her goal of legally adopting a girl child.

Unfortunately, with the delay in the procedure and legal formalities that has already taken two-and-a-half-years, Sheela is almost on the verge of giving up and going back to work. "We've had a social worker come in and file a home study report, but the wait got to us, especially when there is no support from other members of the family," she says. "We've been longing for a child forever," she adds.

With a preference for a child under the age of two, Sheela and her husband are now in a state of confusion, as the girl they had seen in pictures is now over the preferred age. A similar situation had happened with Uma Shankar (name changed), but she finally was able to adopt a child last week after two-and-a-half years of waiting, but court proceedings are yet to be completed. "Yes, the wait is a big struggle, it would be easier if the system did not push away genuine parents seeking to give a home to a child," she says, adding that this may prevent prospective adoptive parents from backing out.