Illegal Adoption in Lebanon: Mechanisms & Consequences

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Lebanon’s history of illegal adoption is a long one, as old as its wars. Illegal adoption is, of course, a worldwide phenomenon. Missionary work targeting “orphans” and children “of unknown parentage” began as a result of global wars, famines and epidemics that have plagued humankind throughout history. It should also be noted that the issue of orphans and abandoned children …

The women who are trafficked on the promise of jobs and exploited sexually so that their babies can be auctioned to city couples

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A new industry is taking deep roots in the Capital’s underbelly. This is the great baby bazaar where bidding for a newborn starts the day a hapless woman gets pregnant, while the kid is still in the womb. Girls and young women, mostly from Jharkhand, are fodder to this illicit business.  Girls and young women are being brought to the …