Source: http://fusion.net By Fusion | November 8, 2016 When people look to adopt abroad they can’t be sure they’re not playing into the hands of traffickers. On this episode of The Traffickers, host Nelufar Hedayat takes us inside the underworld of international adoption and explains what surprised her most along the way. The Traffickers airs… Read more »
Category: ACT in the news
Is this adoption agency selling children?
Source: http://fusion.net By Fusion | November 8, 2016 In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nelufar visits a school and center for abandoned children. Here she meets the woman in charge, who tells Nel how she convinces parents to relinquish rights to their kids. The Traffickers airs Sundays at 10 PM on Fusion.
Who’s really profiting from international adoptions?
Source: http://fusion.net By Fusion | November 8, 2016 Often adoption starts out with good intentions, but the desire to adopt internationally can lead to the exploitation of some of the world’s most vulnerable children. In this episode of The Traffickers, Nelufar Hedayat learns that money meant to care for children who are being adopted doesn’t always… Read more »
The Traffickers: Journalist explores the dark world of trafficking in riveting TV series
Source: http://www.today.com November 7th, 2016 Journalist explores the dark world of trafficking in riveting TV series British journalist Nelufar Hedayat is hosting the new Fusion show “The Traffickers,” which looks at the dark underside of the black market in adoptions, pharmaceuticals and human organs. The former Afghan refugee tells Kathie Lee and Hoda she wants… Read more »
English Summary of Dutch Report on Intercountry Adoption
The English version of the Dutch report of the Dutch Council of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles’ advice ‘Reflection on Intercountry Adoption’ is now available. Conclusion This advisory report centres around two core questions. The Council has the following answer to the fundamental question, ‘How can we provide the highest level of protection to children… Read more »
Dutch Board of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles
2 November 2016 At the request of the Dutch Government the Board of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles today has published a summary of their advice. “Summary Board of Criminal Justice and Protection of Juveniles’ advice ‘Reflection on Intercountry Adoption’ 2 November 2016” Some highlights According to the opinon of the Board Board of Criminal Justice… Read more »
ACT: Stop Adoption, NO Market in Children
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Mahatma Gandhi Many people tried for years to dismiss ACT for our strict UNCRC approach. We were considered “radical”. Researchers, Law Professors, adult adoptee leaders, government officers ,journalists and of course adoption agencies and… Read more »
When filial love broke barriers of time, distance
Source: http://m.deccanherald.com ASHWINI Y S, BENGALURU, OCT 25, 2016 Swedish woman Jyothi Svah (second from left, foreground) with her new-found family, including her biological father Dasharath Rao, her brother Maruthi, Rao’s second wife, their daughter and granddaughter. “The pain I had endured for the last 23 years has now… Read more »
Adopted Indian woman meets biological father in Bengaluru after 23 years in an emotional reunion
Source: http://www.thenewsminute.com As the father and daughter hugged, a moment of catharsis, that was much needed by both, unfolded. Monalisa Das| Monday, October 24, 2016 – 19:38 Jyothi hugs her father after 23 years It was a teary reunion of a father and a daughter on Monday afternoon in Chamrajpet… Read more »
Stolen or snatched after birth: The ugly truth about adoption in India
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com Avantika Mehta, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aug 31, 2016 Under the adoption law, the Child Welfare Committee is in charge of ensuring that kids put up for adoption are “legally-free” and do not have parents looking for them.. (Dijeshwar Singh/HT?File Photo) When she was told that she had delivered a stillborn baby, 15-year-old… Read more »
