Department of State Notice for Mali Mali May 1, 2013In December 2011, the Malian National Assembly passed a new Code of Person and the Family. The Code includes a provision that only Malian citizens will be able to complete intercountry or domestic adoptions from Mali. In the case of couples planning to adopt, both members of the couple must be …
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PEAR’s Statement on MOWA’s Decision to Reduce the Number of Adoptions Processed Daily in Ethiopia
PEAR’s Statement on MOWA’s Decision to Reduce the Number of Adoptions Processed Daily in Ethiopia Last week, PEAR was alerted by various sources to the Ethiopian Ministry of Women’s Affairs (MOWA) decision to reduce the number of adoptions it processes daily from 40- 50 cases down to 5 in the near future. According to these sources, the decision was based …
Republic of Philippines IAC issues Temporary Moratorium
On December 13, 2010, the Inter-country Adoption Board of the Republic of the Philippines issued a resolution approving a temporary suspension in accepting additional applications from foreign adoption agencies. The purpose of the suspension is to regulate the number of applications in order to reduce the backlog of applications. The moratorium applies to adoption agencies that have sent in ten …