Cashing in on Nepal’s youth (RT television) Video: http://rt.com/news/orphanage-child-trafficking-nepal-761/ Published: 03 March, 2012 Child trafficking is rife in Nepal, with many unregistered orphanages in the capital, Kathmandu, housing thousands of trafficked children. The thriving market for illegal adoption has turned the practice into a highly lucrative business. Widespread corruption and a high demand from the West for adoptive children are …
The Unofficial “Why the adoption establishment annoys me” Blog Week beginstoday. If you would like to read the blog entries or participate, visit Land of Gazillion Adoptees: http://landofgazillionadoptees.com/ LGA also has a facebook group where the blogs will be posted and PEAR will try to keep up withthem on our facebook page as well. Participating Bloggers committed to the event …
Govt extends deadline for inter-country adoptionsThe Himalayan Times 2012-02-25KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has extended the deadline for applications from foreigners to adopt Nepali children after it received only a handful of requests.Foreign parents who want to adopt Nepali children now have two more months to file their application, which was due by mid-February for this …
Russia February 21, 2012 Notice: Processing Time for Adoptions Increased On January 1, 2012, the Russian Family Code was amended so that presiding judges will announce decisions in cases, including intercountry adoption cases, at the end of in-person court hearings. Courts will issue written rulings five days later. In cases where the ruling leads to an adoption decree, that decree …
***Please note: although Nepal has announced it is accepting applications for intercountry adoption, the US Suspension on processing I 600 petitions for abandoned children remains in place. See: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145767.htm Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption REPUBLICA ARJUN POUDEL KATHMANDU, Nov 29: After receiving no application for inter-country adoption in 2011, the government has asked prospective foreign parents to apply for …
Reforms made by the Government of Nepal on Inter country adoption system Status of Children handed over in 2009 & 10 Number of children in 2009 Country Female Male Total Belgium 6 2 8 Canada 2 0 2 Denmark 8 9 17 France 12 12 24 Germany 2 0 2 Italy 40 32 72 Norway 7 3 10 Spain 32 …
Submission of Application regarding the Inter Country Adoption (MOWCSW): http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/inter-country-adoption-15-en.html Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Inter Country Adoption Management Committee Singh Durbar, Kathmandu, Nepal Subject: Submission of Application regarding the Inter Country Adoption Date: 17 November 2011 In accordance with the Article 8 of Terms and Conditions and Process for Granting Approval for Adoption of …
Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Notice on domestic adoption Date: October 23, 2011 In accordance with the details received from Land Reform and Management Department, this is to inform that 48 Nepalese children from the children’s homes enlisted in the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare and 11 children from other children homes have been adopted by …
Swiss National Radio on Nepali adoptions (English translation): Soundbite Music Kamala Tamang lives in a mountain village far off Katmandu. She is the mother of two sons and one girl. After divorce, she went to the city where she found work in a hotel. She gave her children to an orphanage because she believed that they would get good education …
Disabled kids to get priority in adoption (The Himalayan Times) 2011-09-10 HIMALAYAN NEWS SERVICE KATHMANDU: The government is to give priority to ‘children with special needs’ –– those who have some kind of disability –– for inter-country adoption, said a committee established to monitor inter-country adoptions. To pave way for the new provision, the government in January amended the Inter-Country …