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 …
***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 …
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 …
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 …
Government of Nepal Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare Notice on Renewal of Foreign Organizations or Agencies http://www.mowcsw.gov.np/inter-country-adoption-15-en.html Date: 4 September 2011 Upon scrutiny the applications submitted by the following foreign organizations along with other documents for renewal pursuant to the notice published on 2 January 2011 for renewal of the foreign organizations enlisted for two years with effect …
Nepal comes to terms with foreign adoptions tragedy (BBC) 28 September 2011 By Thomas Bell — in Kathmandu Hundreds of parents in Nepal are struggling to come to terms with the fact that their children have been adopted by Western couples without their consent. Adoptive parents pay thousands of dollars in fees and “donations” to orphanages and government officials who …
Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera) With weak law enforcement, can foreigners adopting children from Nepal be sure that they are really orphans? http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/09/2011920125119853524.html Video: http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2012/pieces.php?iid=429797&pid=1Orphaned, abandoned or trafficked? That is the question facing foreigners who wish to adopt Nepali children. International adoption services have provided a lucrative business to poverty-stricken Nepal. But in 2007, Nepal stopped adoptions for two …
The Children Left Behind LISA DESAI AND HABIBA NOSHEEN, FOR THE PULITZER CENTER, KATHMANDU, NEPAL Published on June 29, 2011 Nepal became an important source of children for international adoption in part because adoption is not widely practiced or accepted among the Nepalese, an attitude that is prevalent across South Asia. But the United States and several other countries have …
Children trapped between supply and demand Where does adoption end and trafficking begin for Nepal’s children? JENNIFER LOWE Nepali Times (17 JUNE 2011 – 23 JUNE 2011): http://nepalitimes.com/issue/2011/06/17/Nation/18300 [Photo] — SHHH: Sign on the wall of an “orphanage” in Kathmandu housing children like the one, right, who have biological parents. The children are offered for international adoption, often without the …