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India: Govt to set up body to check illegal adoption
From the Times of India:
The government has decided to set up a State Adoption
Resource Authority to put check on cases of illegal adoption that has plagued Jharkhand for the last 10 years.
The decision was taken at end of a two-day workshop on “Adoption” organized jointly by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), state social welfare [...]
Illegally adopted Filipino babies traced
In the news:
Humanitarian workers using DNA tests are offering to help track down Filipino babies illegally sent to Singapore for adoption in affluent countries.
“Women posing as their mothers would go to Singapore using fake identification to make authorities believe that the babies are theirs,” said Amihan Abueva, regional coordinator of the NGO Asia Against [...]
India: No babies for adoption, hopeful parents line up
From the Indian Express Group:
There are 900 parent hopefuls in the queue, but no children to take home. Adoption agencies in the capital are facing an acute shortage of babies, and one major reason they say is unwed mothers are no longer willing to abandon their child.
Read the full article here.
Notes from India ASP Webinar with DoS – 04/22/2009
On Wednesday April 22, 2009, the Joint Council on International Children’s Services hosted a webinar about adoption from India. According to JCICS, the webinar was part of The Office of Children’s Issues continued outreach effort to educate adoption service providers (ASPs) on how the Hague process works between the U.S. and India (including recent processing [...]
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U.S. Department of State information on International Adoption from India
Indian Embassy Guidelines for adoption of Indian children
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