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Letter from the President: Not a time to rejoice
Dear friends, A few days ago, in an unprecedented ruling, a judge in Guatemala ordered an adoption rescinded and a child returned from her American adoptive family to her biological family in Guatemala because her adoption was found to be fraudulent. Although the nuances of the case are still unfolding, author Erin Siegal’s blog, Finding [...]
Ethiopia: Become Part of the Solution
On March 4, 2011, the Ministry of Womens Affairs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, reported that they would be sharply reducing the number of adoption cases they would review, from 50 cases a day at present to no more than 5 per day from March 10, 2011. MoWA indicated that they were taking these steps in [...]
Survey for U.S. Adoption Service Providers Placing Children from Ethiopia
The number of adoptions and the number of service providers in Ethiopia has greatly increased in the last few years, and uncertainty about existing laws and inconsistent policy among various agencies has caused confusion within the adoption community. Ethica receives numerous requests for information about agency practices in Ethiopia. In the interest of advancing transparency [...]
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