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Stolen children highlight flawed adoption system (Gulf Times)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:22:15 GMT
Rajan Kumar Nepali did not know he was giving up his two young children when he put his thumbprint on a document handing custody to an orphanage in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu.
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Catholic Charities: Meeting on international adoption (The Ottawa Times)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:22:47 GMT
The devastation in Haiti has brought to light the struggles of a very special population that needs individuals around the world to say "What can I do?" Catholic Charities specializes in domestic infant, international and Adopt Waiting
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Invalid death certificate puts BC couple in African adoption limbo (Kitchener - Waterloo Record)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:34:56 GMT
VANCOUVER -A B.C. couple has been separated for months after its effort to adopt twin boys from Ghana turned into a bureaucratic nightmare.
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Philip N. Cohen: International Adoption Under Siege? (The Huffington Post)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:45:15 GMT
After a day at the 2010 Adoption Policy Conference. I'm not an adoption expert, but I know more today than I did yesterday. Spend a...
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Equal Rights And Opportunities For Women And Girls Essential For Better Health (Medical News Today)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:30:10 GMT
Today, on International Women's Day, the world reflects on how to ensure equal rights and opportunities for women and girls. Everyone must fight against discrimination and inequalities that compromise the health of women and girls around the world. Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), many girls and women still ...
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MOWAC congratulates women on International Women's Day (Ghanaweb.com)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:06:06 GMT
Accra, March 5, GNA - The Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) on Friday congratulated Ghanaian women for their invaluable contribution to the development of their families and the nation.
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In Haiti, Quake's Orphans Long For A Home (NPR)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:12:18 GMT
UNICEF estimates that more than 20,000 children lost their parents in the Jan. 12 quake and its aftermath. Relatives or neighbors are caring for many of these children. Others, such as a group of boys in a Port-au-Prince park, are fending for themselves.
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US citizens warned over Nepal adoption (Gulf Times)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:37:19 GMT
The United States has warned its citizens against adopting children in Nepal, saying it has “grave concerns” about the reliability of that country's adoption system.
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Couple on probation in Samoan adoption case adopt child (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:44:26 GMT
A judge has granted a couple behind an international adoption scandal involving the placement of Samoan children with U.S. families leave to adopt a 5-year-old girl from China.
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Equal rights and opportunities for women and girls essential for better health Statement by Dr Margaret Chan, Director ... (Thaipr.net)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:16:47 GMT
Thirty years after the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), many girls and women still do not have equal opportunities to realize rights
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