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A press release from the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India recapped a series of new initiatives by the Ministry during 2015. The achievements relevant to children’s care are briefly described below and include the launch of the flagship programme Beti Bachao Beto Padhao for protection of the girl child; several initiatives to track, restore, and rehabilitate missing children; and adoption reforms and a new foster care system.
The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) programme is aimed at preventing gender-biased sex selection and ensuring survival,…
"The outbreak of the pandemic in March had brought the adoption process to a standstill for several reasons – lack of information, closure of courts and fear of contracting the infection," says this article from the Hindustan Times. According to the article, adoptions resumed in June 2020, "since then, 437 children have been adopted domestically and internationally in the state."
According to this article from the Hindu, 24 children have been adopted this year in the district of Kochi in Kerala, India as of November 2020, equal to the total number of adoptions last year. The article describes some of the modifications that have been made to the process in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This six part video series follows Jyothi Svahn, who, believing she was 'stolen' and trafficked as an 'orphan', goes on a multi-country hunt for her birth family - and uncovers an international adoption industry built on lies, greed and heartbreak. Step into the future of gaming with our selection of new online casinos . Our website offers a fresh perspective on the latest entrants in the online gaming world, providing you with up-to-date information and reviews. Experience cutting-edge technology, innovative…
This article features the 6-part web-series "Manufacturing Orphanages," which follows of Jyothi Svahn as she returns to India several years after her adoption in search of her birth family and reveals the "demand-driven" nature of the international adoption system and how it fuels the trafficking of poor children living in residential care.
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Voice of Asia reports that Indian police arrested heads of an adoption centre said to have trafficked at least 17 children to couples in foreign countries.
India’s Central Government announced as of January 16, 2017, Adoption Regulation 2017 will be operational. New regulation is said to “streamline” the adoption process.
Indian government finds that increased wait for adoption related to rise in human trafficking.
Elisabet Purve-Jorendal was born in India and given away for adoption in 1973 when she was less than six months old. A Swedish couple adopted her when she was two-and-a-half years old. Forty-two years later, she tracked down her biological mother.
Elisabet's mother was 21 years old when Elisabet's father killed himself. When the family discovered Elisabet's mother's pregnancy, they took her to a charity in Pune where she delivered a baby girl in September 1973.
Elisabet began actively looking for her mother in 1998 and nearly two decades later, her search ended in a…