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The Latest Batch of Adoption Agencies Under Review: Who Meets Hague Standards?
From Finding Fernanda: Erin Siegal, from Finding Fernanda, lists the adoption agencies applying and/or reapplying for Hague accreditation from the Council on Accreditation. She also provides a guide on how to file a public complaint or comment about an adoption service provider through the Council On Accreditation’s website. Access the full article here.
New Zealand: ‘Rent-a-womb’ babies could end up stateless
From Stuff.co.nz: New Zealanders desperate to create a baby are heading overseas and paying up to $100,000 to hire a womb, unaware that their children could end up stateless. It is illegal to pay for a surrogate mother in New Zealand, but in many countries the practice is not regulated. As long as the hopeful [...]
Haiti to tighten adoption rules
From the Edmunton Journal: Haitian President Michel Martelly said Thursday he would issue a presidential decree to tighten up Haiti’s adoption procedures and ensure all applications go through authorized entities. Legislation to that effect has already gone through the National Assembly and is expected to pass the Senate soon, but Martelly, who was sworn in [...]
Profit, not care: The ugly side of overseas adoptions
From The Independent: In rural Nepal, where the going rate for a healthy orphan is $5,000 (£3,000), some 600 children are missing. They were taken by agents who came to the villages promising that they would educate the children and give them a better life in the capital, sometimes for a steep fee. The children [...]
Hague Secretariat invites Nepal to discuss adoption
From Republica: The Hague Secretariat based in the Netherlands that monitors compliance with Hague Conventions has written to the government of Nepal to participate in a meeting in Rome, Italy, to discuss the country´s inter-country adoption process. Nepal amended its inter-country adoption process in December 2010 amid allegations of widespread irregularities. The Hague Secretariat apparently [...]
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