http://www.ethicanet.org An independent voice for ethical adoption Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:05:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.ethicanet.org/orphanstat http://www.ethicanet.org/orphanstat#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +0000 admin UNICEF's recent clarification on the number of global orphans and that the majority of these children, in fact, have one living parent or extended family to care for them.  Over the years, the inclusive UNICEF definition of “orphan” has been cited by various sources as the basis for decisions on where to expend funds and create programs. For many people, the word “orphan” brings to mind children who have no parents. Therefore, we applaud UNICEF’s clarification that of the estimated 132 million orphans, about 10% or 13 million orphans have lost both parents.  This distinction lends some clarity into issues impacting international adoption. Over the years, the oft quoted figure of 143 million orphans has been used to justify a lack of regulation, rebut contentions of adoption fraud, and question the significant numbers of children placed in some small countries because the prevailing myth is that all “orphans” from developing countries have no families or communities to care for them.  Statement Continued Here


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