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In the 1950s, a group of Inuit children were taken from their families in Greenland to be re-educated as model Danish citizens. More than 60 years later, they want the Danish government to apologise for an experiment that did enormous damage. “It was a lovely summery day, when two grand Danish gentlemen showed up at our house,” says Helene Thiesen. …
ICA is largely the response to a demand for children in developed countries rather than to absence of care in the countries of origin. Taking children away does not lead to any improvement of the protection of children in those countries but rather the contrary. (Chou and Browne, 2008) Inter-country adoption (ICA) occupies a very marginal place within the UNCRC. …
SEATTLE – A baby-selling scandal targeted local couples anxious to adopt. The families thought they were adopting orphans from overseas, but in many cases the babies weren’t orphans. Wednesday, the woman who helped set up the adoptions pleaded guilty. Lauryn Galindo has claimed all she wanted to do was give poor third world children a loving home. But, federal investigators …
In 1977 Estela Carlotto’s pregnant daughter was arrested. The Argentinian regime let her live long enough to have the baby before killing her. With others, Estela formed the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo to search for the grandson she’d never known. Uki Goñi reports Practically all of Argentina has cried on this one,” says Ignacio Montoya Carlotto, patting his right …
LOUISE MILLIGAN: This is what has angered many adult adoptees: Tony Abbott with actor and adoptive parent Deborra-Lee Furness promoting fast-tracking inter-country adoption. Transcript LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The benefits of inter-country adoption seem obvious when a child from the developing world is given a chance at a better life. It’s had widespread celebrity endorsement of course, with people like Angelina …