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A review by Rupert Wolfe-Murray Romania – for export only, the untold story of the Romanian ‘orphans’ by Roelie Post There are several unusual things about Roelie Post and her important new book on international adoptions. An employee of the European Commission, between 1999 and 2005 Post handled one of its most controversial dossiers: Romania’s institutionalised children. She is one …
Presenting themselves as an advocacy group for children, the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (JCICS) is nothing less than the voice of the adoption industry. In view of transparency, Against Child Trafficking hereby make this audio, as well as the full transcript, public: A letter from a REAL Ethiopian Mother: Ethiopia, Stop Adoption Trafficking! Urgent and Extremely Important, Please …
Instances of newborns disappearing in Serbian hospitals have been reported for decades. But only in recent times has the government come under pressure to take action. Hundreds of parents say they were told by doctors that their babies died shortly after birth. But they were never allowed to see the body. An association representing the parents says between 6,000 and …
the untold story of the Romanian ‘ orphans’ gives an insider’s look into the adoption kitchen, where the most used ingredients are political pressure and emotional blackmail. Post kept a diary on her work for the European Commission that aimed to help Romania reform its child protection. She soon found out that the intercountry adoption system in place was nothing …
