MILAN. In Italy one becomes a parent in only two ways, by biological relationship or by adoption. Words entrusted to a newspaper by the Minister to the family and equal opportunities Eugenia Roccella after the events in Padua, where last month the prosecutor challenged the birth certificates of 33 children of two mothers. Parents by contract? No thank you. The Italian right (and not only) opposes the Gestation for others (Gpa) so much as to want to transform it into a universal crime and does not welcome other forms of medically assisted procreation either, such as heterologous fertilization which in any case is only allowed for heterosexual couples . Lombardy councilor Guido Bertolaso recently filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office for a much-contested fertility fair held in Milan last May.

But if the falling birth rate is a problem, primarily for the Government which makes it a flag issue, can we perhaps answer that adoptions are a viable solution? We see. A same-parent couple who have resorted to surrogacy abroad can only resort to a special adoption in Italy, a procedure which requires the intervention of a judge of the Juvenile Court and which in any case does not guarantee a full adoption since not only does it leave the children out of the estate but it is also exposed to the risk of being challenged. A long journey with an uncertain outcome, a limbo of years, as the rainbow families denounce. Ordinary adoption, an option to which heterosexual couples have access, is currently excluded. Although difficult, foster care is possible, but what happens more often than not is that same-parent couples who sign up for lists are never called back. As for the transcripts of birth certificates in the Municipal Registry, the problem is the legislative vacuum, and for dads it is a road that almost always ends with an appeal.

The life of a "traditional" couple who want to adopt is not any easier. Years of waiting and postponements, of social workers and courts, of psychologists, interviews and assessments: a story already written. Like that of Angelo and Vittoria, eight years to embrace Andrea, a native of Burkina Faso, and a coup d'état in between which certainly didn't shorten the times. Or that of Laura and Stefano, also 'linked' to Burkina Faso, who received the suitability decree from the Court of Mestre in 2020 and today may have to wait another year at least before the country's definitive green light.

Ciai, one of the authorized bodies and active since 1968, denounces a "constant, dizzying and irreversible" drop in the number of international adoptions in Italy. In 2022 it concluded 16 (there were 20 in 2021, 14 in 2020) and as of 31 December there were 58 pending. Overall in Italy at the end of 2022, the Commission for international adoptions (Cai), which supervises compliance with the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 and operates within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers at the top of which Minister Roccella sits today, has counted 565 successful adoptions. They were 563 in 2021, 526 in 2020 and it is likely that we are heading towards a further reduction. In 2001, according to Istat data, there were almost 4,000 foreign minors adopted in Italy. There are 2,500 couples waiting, according to Ciai data, which moreover has recently opened to adoptions for singles and same-parent couples. What weighs heavily is the lack of children for reasons that concern the international scenario, from the demographic decline in countries such as China and Vietnam to conflicts such as the one in Ukraine, from nationalisms such as in the case of states such as Poland and Ethiopia, to the complications caused by administrative and judicial systems subject to continuous shocks, as in Burkina Faso, which combine to close the channels. But that's not all: the inefficiency of social services and juvenile justice also weighs heavily. to the complications caused by administrative and judicial systems subject to continuous shocks, as in Burkina Faso, which combine to close the channels. But that's not all: the inefficiency of social services and juvenile justice also weighs heavily. to the complications caused by administrative and judicial systems subject to continuous shocks, as in Burkina Faso, which combine to close the channels. But that's not all: the inefficiency of social services and juvenile justice also weighs heavily.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 2
II. Proposal for CGAP .................................................................................................................................. 2
Annex I............................................................................................................................................................... 3
I. General remarks..................................................................................................................................... 3
II. Costs and fees........................................................................................................................................ 3
III. Donations, contributions and cooperation projects............................................................................. 4
IV. Existing tools and next steps ................................................................................................................. 4
Annex II.............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Chinese woman in search for daughter who was forcibly adopted 40 years ago wants to give her US$138,000 inheritance, wins support online

• Mother who became a single parent when her husband went to jail has not seen her daughter since her in-laws took her more than 40 years ago
• Only clues she has are daughter’s name, fact that she has birthmark and that she is in Beijing

A 64-year-old woman’s search for the daughter she was forced to give up four decades ago to give her more than 1 million yuan (US$138,000) in inheritance has captivated China after being aired on television.

Wang Yunjuan from Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, southeastern China, shared the story of her separation from her daughter in a forced adoption on the programme Xiao Qiang Re Xian, or “Xiaoqiang’s Hotline” in English, on June 30.

In 1981 when 21-year-old Wang was expecting her daughter, her husband was sentenced to life imprisonment for assault, briefly meeting their daughter just once in prison after she was born on May 12, 1982.

The Government wanted to empty Shishur Sevay and fill it with new children. That was their plan. We simply would not allow that to happen and it didn’t.

In the life of every orphan child there is a time when suddenly every person, every place, every landmark they have known is gone! No thing and no one is familiar, and the orphan is powerless. That simply would not happen to the Daughters of Shishur Sevay. By the government’s intent, our older girls would be out on their own, living elsewhere. Our disabled girls over 18 would be housed in institutions. Our under 18 would be put up for adoption, ignoring that three girls are already 17 years and severely disabled. The fourth is 13 and the most severely impaired. But to these government officials who were under pressure to place children, our children were just inventory that needed to be moved to make room for new inventory. Gone would be everything that had allowed the our girls to thrive within a family/community of sisters, care-takers, aunts, “mummy”, the people they loved and who loved them. The tagline of our Shishur Sevay logo is, “To not Feel Alone in the Universe.” The orphan child, particularly the severely disabled child is certainly alone in the universe.

I’d known for a few years there would be a challenge as the new Juvenile Justice Act had removed the category of Small Group Homes from its hierarchy of care. Previously the small group home was the last stop before institutioalization. Under the Juvenile Justice Act, the insitutions are formed with groups of minimum 25 children, while the disabled children are in separate units of ten children each. There is no inclusion. Under the JJ Act, children are also segregated by age. Children under six years are the youngest, then 7-11 years, 12-18 years and after 18 they are released or moved to aftercare until 21, or at most 23 years. The JJ Act is/was developed to address the large numbers of children living on the streets, and the abuses that took place within the existing institutions at the time. My understanding is that small group homes were omitted because of expense. Our problem with the JJ Act was that it didn’t apply to us. When we were founded in 2006 we made the choice not to take government aid because that would require us to “discharge” our girls at 18. We have never taken government funds. We promised the girls permanence. The moment we took in the children with disabilities we understood we were committed to lifetime care.

Beginning in 2019 we met with government officials to argue we should not be licensed under the JJ Act because we did not meet the criteria. We lacked the required space. We even lacked beds because we were so small. We sleep on mats in the big room, myself included. Our census was 12 while the minimum was 25. Our ages range from 9 to 25 years, and we are inclusive — abled and disabled, younger and older, all living together in a family style. We were threatened with being closed down if we did not apply and receive JJ Act Registration. When we went to the people who could approve a women’s home they said we had to wait for all the girls to pass 18 years but we still could not be inclusive. To quote them, “You cannot have the handicaps and normals under the same roof.”

After living as a male for two years, a teen from Montana decided to detransition, realizing that she had been misled by online trends and influencers

In a case that highlights the influence of social media, a teenager from Montana has opened up about how TikTok led her to believe she was transgender. Ash Eskridge, now 16, revealed that after spending countless hours on the popular app during the pandemic, she became convinced that transitioning was the solution to her struggles with depression.

Ash Eskridge, now 16, revealed that after spending countless hours on TikTok, she became convinced that transitioning was the solution to her struggles with depression.

However, after living as a male for two years, Eskridge has decided to detransition, realizing that she had been misled by online trends and influencers. Her story sheds light on the complex issues surrounding gender identity and the impact of social media on vulnerable individuals.

TikTok Effect: Misleading Content and Vulnerability

KOCHI: Children born to victims of sexual assault, even after legal adoption should not be forced for DNA blood sample tests, said HCThe High Court Justice K Babu put an interim stay to the many lower court decisions allowing DNA samples to be taken from such children

Kerala State Legal Service Authority(KELSA) controlled Victims Rights Center project coordinator advocate Parvati Menon earlier made a report saying the procedure was an intrusion into the privacy of such children who will get strangled in thoughts if revealed their identity

“The child would have blended so well with the adopted family that a sudden revelation that he/she is an adopted child and that too of a rape victim can imbalance their emotional status and can result in them exhibiting behavioral disorders and aberrations,” said the report by the Victim Rights Centre

The report reached the court through the advocate general. Meanwhile, the single bench has asked for a response from Government and KELSA and scheduled the next hearing on July 21

The DNA samples can be collected from children only for cases including alimony and divorce

If parents are unable to take care of their children, the latter may end up in foster care. But what if the authorities believe that the couple will never be able to take care of their children? Such a case may end up in forced adoption.

And the number of these cases is rising in Denmark. Contrary to the trend of decline in international adoptions, the number of domestic adoptions is increasing. Often, these adoptees come from families who are socially disadvantaged and do not want to give up their child, Kristeligt Dagblad writes.

Between 2015 and the spring of 2023, 157 children were forcibly adopted, statistics from the Danish Appeals Authority show. In addition, the authority refused the adoption of 18 other children.

Michael Vinther Hansen says to Kristeligt Dagblad that the decision to remove children from their biological parents starts with the interest of the child. "It is only a decision that is taken when we assess that parents are permanently unable to take care of their own children", the deputy head of Children, Youth and Families in Lolland explains.

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• My twins aren't technically twins, they are virtual twins instead.
• Virtual twins are kids born less than six months apart and not biologically related, but raised together.

I have twin 13-year-old boys. Sort of. One is 12, and one is 13 because we're in that pocket of the year where they're different ages. My twins aren't technically twins. They're virtual twins.

The accepted definition of virtual twins is siblings less than six months apart and not biologically related. Virtual twins sometimes go by other nicknames, such as almost twins, twiblings, or artificial twins.

My kids are four months apart. They're both adopted from China, and they are not biologically related to one another. We adopted them in 2012 and 2013 when they were 2 and 3 years old. After adopting our son Zack at age 2, we quickly decided to adopt again. The paperwork for our second adoption went very quickly and smoothly, and we were matched with a little boy, Kyle, four months older than Zack.

They have a twin-like relationship

As an adoptive mother you are not only a parent, but often also a care provider. That is something Hoda Hamdaoui did not realize beforehand.

Hoda Hamdaoui (49) knew from an early age that she wanted to adopt a child. Together with her mother she was a big fan of the TV program Spoorloos. Crying on the couch, she saw how presenter Derk Bolt flew around the world to unite adopted children with often poverty-stricken biological parents. She decided that she also wanted to adopt a child later.

About thirty years later the time had come, and baby Damir – Arabic for 'conscience' – came into her life. She tells her story in the recently published book De Goede Mama (Pluim Publishers), in which women with a migration background talk about motherhood. She tells how she experienced the first years as a single adoptive mother. It was not an easy time. Damir was a sweet but laborious child who needed a lot of care.

After the interview with the Kantteken, she sends a few photos of her adopted son. He is now a big toddler, with sensitive eyes and a beautiful head of dark hair. Hamdaoui contributed to the book, she says, because she thinks it is important that women of color are also present in literature about motherhood. They are now barely represented. But actually, she says, her story is not about origins at all. Because motherhood is universal and so is adopting a child.

How did Damir come into your life?

Varadaan Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption And Child Welfar

Varadaan Indian Association For Promotion Of Adoption And Child Welfar is a non-profit organisation, established in 1991 that works primarily in the domain of Education. Its primary office is in Nagpur, Maharashtra.

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