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How flawed is the international adoption process?
From Slate: It is impossible to know exactly how many international adoptions are similarly tainted. The underlying problem is that the developing world does not have as many young children who need families as the West has families who want a young child. Many Westerners have heard that there is a massive worldwide orphan crisis [...]
Cambodia: US Department of State Adoption Notice – June 6, 2011
From the US Department of State: Cambodia June 2011 Notice: Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia The Office of Children’s Issues wishes to provide a further update for American Citizens interested in intercountry adoptions with Cambodia. Although Cambodia is a party to the Hague Adoption Convention, they are still working to establish the necessary [...]
Cambodia: US Ambassador says ban will remain on adoptions
From Voice of America: The US put a ban on Cambodian adoptions in December 2001. Since 2009, Cambodia has been trying to meet international standards for adoption. However, US officials and child protection groups say the country’s policies are not ready. The US special ambassador for children’s protection, Susan Jacobs, recently toured Cambodia to learn [...]
UNICEF concern prompts Cambodian investigation of orphanages
From Voice of America: The Cambodian government has begun investigating the country’s orphanages; just days after the United Nations Children’s Fund expressed its concerns that nearly three out of four children in the country’s orphanages have at least one living parent. Earlier this week, UNICEF said most of the 12,000 children in Cambodia’s orphanages [...]
Children in Cambodian and Vietnamese orphanages abused and adopted illegally
From Radio Australia News: Children in Cambodian and Vietnamese orphanages are being abused and adopted illegally, says a UNICEF representative. Richard Bridle, UNICEF Representative to Cambodia, says there is insufficient regulation and inspection of orphanages in these countries. “The number of children in orphanages has doubled from 2005 – 2010,” he said. “There’s approximately 12,000 [...]
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