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German High Court Takes On Same-Sex Adoption

12/17/2012

Anka's Two Mommies

High Court Takes On Same-Sex Adoption

By Dietmar Hipp

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In Sierra Leone, Illegal Adoption…15 Families Cry for Justice

In Sierra Leone, Illegal Adoption…15 Families Cry for Justice

By Michael T. Kamara

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Americans to be banned from adopting Russian children?

Americans to be banned from adopting Russian children?

17.12.2012 19:45

A ban on the adoption of Russian orphans by U.S. citizens can become one of the positive consequences of the notorious Magnitsky Act. In this case, Russia will finally cease to give away, or rather sell orphaned children to foreigners. For the time being, Russia remains one of the three donors that supply their children to the international adoption market.

State Duma deputies promised that the second reading of the bill, which will serve as a response to the Magnitsky Act, signed by U.S. authorities, will have a number of significant additions. In particular, U.S. citizens will no longer be allowed to adopt Russian children.

One of the reasons for this move is the fact that the agreement signed last year in June between the U.S. and Russia on cooperation in the field of adoption is practically not working. It was assumed that the Russian side would control the lives of its young citizens in foster American families. It does not happen still. Russia's Consular services learn about new tragedy that occurs to an adopted child, when the case already comes to court. Moreover, most sentences brought down against foster parents for abusing orphans are extremely soft and are often limited to suspended punishment.

Presentation of the project: manager - Gabriela Coman

Prezentarea proiectului MMFPS „Îmbun?t??irea eficacit??ii organiza?ionale a sistemului de protec?ie a copilului” –

Gabriela Coman

, manager proiect, Funda?ia SERA Vizualizati prezentarea

Great business that corrupts authorities; Find Foundation estimates there are 500,000 missing

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Tricked for $ 3000, extremely poor mothers signed the transfer of custody of their children

From 1988 a child trafficking network operated in Jalisco, would have given 240 in illegal adoption

Great business that corrupts authorities; Find Foundation estimates there are 500,000 missing

Sanjuana Martinez

Parents criticize DanAdopt for failure

DENMARK 29TH NOVEMBER 2012 KL. 10.58

Parents criticize DanAdopt for failure

AWAY. A scene from the documentary. When parents here seeks DanAdopt office in Addis Ababa to ask for news about their children four years after adoption, they are thrown out. - Photo: Frithiof Film

Adoptive parents of the girl Masho has been the target of much anger. Even experienced an adoption, how much did not go by the book.

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French NGO members face trial for smuggling fake Darfur orphans

France - Darfur - Chad - 
Article published the Monday 03 December 2012 - Latest update : Monday 03 December 2012

French NGO members face trial for smuggling fake Darfur orphans

Alain Peligat, Emilie Lelouch and Eric Breteau in Ndjamena in 2007
AFP

By RFI

The trial of a group of French NGO members accused of trying to smuggle 103 children out of Chad for adoption on France began Monday. But the two principal defendants are not in the dock – they’re living and working in South Africa.

La nouvelle vie des leaders de L'Arche de Zoé au Cap

La nouvelle vie des leaders de L'Arche de Zoé au Cap

Mots clés : Arche De Zoé, Afrique Du Sud, Emilie Lelouch, Eric Breteau

Par Caroline Dumay

Mis à jour le 03/12/2012 à 16:14 | publié le 03/12/2012 à 15:06 Réactions (32)

Capture d'écran d'une vidéo d'Émilie Lelouch.

Arche de Zoé : retour sur un fiasco humanitaire

Arche de Zoé : retour sur un fiasco humanitaire

Le Monde.fr | 02.12.2012 à 20h46 • Mis à jour le 03.12.2012 à 12h51

DR besøger Mashos forældre: Fattige presses til at bortadoptere børn

 

DR besøger Mashos forældre: Fattige presses til at bortadoptere børn

02. Dec. 2012 kl. 20:40 Opdateret 02. Dec. 2012 kl. 22:02

Fattige etiopiske kvinder er under massivt pres for at bortadoptere deres børn til kommende forældre i den vestlige verden.

Det rapporterer DRs korrespondent for undersøgende journalistik Line Gertsen fra det fattige afrikanske land Etiopien, som lige nu er centrum for bortadoption til rigere dele af verden.

Masho solgt af staten

Line Gertsen er rejst derned efter en uge, hvor adoption har optaget medierne herhjemme i kølvandet på dokumentarudsendelsen Adoptionens Pris, hvor et dansk forældrepar måtte opgive at tage sig af deres adopterede pige Masho, som i dag lever på børnehjem.

- Mashos forældre føler, at den etiopiske stat har solgt deres barn, siger Line Gertsen.

Fattige kvinder presses til bortadoption

Der er nemlig et massivt pres på fattige forældre til nyfødte børn i Etiopien.

20-årige Semitraest er flygtet til et herberg for kvinder, som ønsker at beholde deres børn og sige nej til adoption. Hun beretter om, hvordan hun blev presset af myndighederne til at bortadoptere.

- De prøver at tage modet fra mig, fortæller Semitraest.

Big business

De, som Semitraest refererer til, er rigtig mange forskellige aktører. Men det er først og fremmest repræsentanter for adoptionsbureauerne og staten, der forsøger at overtale kvinderne til at bortadoptere. Ífølge DRs oplysninger forsøger også læger og hospitaler at presse kvinderne til at give deres barn væk.

Forklaringen er penge. Der er nemlig rigtig mange penge i bortadoption - særligt for et land som Etiopien. Det koster 135.000 kroner at adoptere et barn fra Etiopien gennem et bureau som DanAdopt.

Af de penge går 33.000 til den etiopiske stat, 49.500 til DanAdopt og 39.900 til børnehjemmet. Resten går til administration. Det er store beløb i et fattigt afrikansk land, hvor en retssag nogle steder kan føres for beskedne 10 kroner.

- De kilder, som vi har præsenteret tallene for hernede, er rystede over de store beløb, siger Line Gertsen.

Mashos forældre er uafklarede

Advokaten Muluembet Tilahun fortæller, at der af samme grund fuskes med fødselsdatoer, så børn kan blive adopteret i en senere alder.

Han rådgiver Mashos forældre, som lige nu er voldsomt bekymrede over deres datters skæbne i Danmark og også deres yngre søn Loba, som stadig bor hos de danske forældre.

De ved dog endnu ikke, om de overhovedet ønsker deres børn hjem igen.