Two fathers condemned at Bordeaux after using a surrogate mother
Source: http://www.lemonde.fr Google Translation The Monde.fr | 07/01/2015 By Florence Moreau (Bordeaux, correspondence) “They were fully aware of committing a wrongdoing. They deliberately bypassed...
View ArticleDutch Ministry of Justice: intercountry adoption is NOT child protection
1 July 2015 The Dutch adoption agencies sent on 27 June 2014 a set of recommendations LINK to the Dutch Minister of Justice on how to better regulate intercountry adoptions. It is interesting reading....
View ArticleACT – Was Wir Machen
wir sind eine kleine NGO registriert in den Niederlanden und arbeiten seit Jahren an dem Problem Adoptionskinderhandel. Seit 2006 arbeiten wir auch an/ in Äthiopien. Angefangen hat es mit dem...
View ArticleGay couple in hiding with baby
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com Legal limbo after surrogate mum refused to sign over child Published: 5/07/2015 at 06:30 AM Newspaper section: News As storm clouds started brewing over Thailand’s...
View ArticleHandelsgut Kind – Dokumentation über misslungene Adoption
Source: http://www.tagesspiegel.de Von Hans-Jörg Rother Die dänische Doku „Die Adoption“ behandelt ein neokoloniales Missverständnis. Husen und Sinkenesh lieben ihre fünf Kinder. Nur unter Tränen...
View ArticleAdoption Alert: Eastern African countries stand up against child trafficking
ACT congratulates the East African Legislative Assembly with its decision to abolish international child adoption to stop the likelihood of children falling into the hands of traffickers. ACT has heard...
View ArticleKenya, another adoption scandal. The cost of Impunity.
There is new adoption scandal. Kenya this time. It seems to never stop as the Western adoption agencies can operate with impunity. This also involves the newly created Danish Agency DIA, which is the...
View ArticleNepal Bans Surrogate Births — Worry for Gay Israelis
Source: http://forward.com JTAAugust 27, 2015 Nepal’s Supreme Court has issued an injunction to stop women from carrying surrogate pregnancies, depriving Israel same-sex couples of the option to begin...
View ArticleThe United States and Vietnam are emerging as the top countries for Irish...
Source: http://www.independent.ie Foreign adoptions on the rise again, says report Eilish O’Regan Twitter 28/08/2015 The number of Irish who are successfully adopting a child from a foreign country is...
View ArticleAdoption Lobby Alert: Child Trafficking in Uganda: critical times!
2 September 2015 ACT received through the grapevine a serious Adoption Lobby Alert. We share it here, as it is seems to be a critical time in Uganda. Adoption agencies are throwing money around to try...
View ArticleBroken, broken by the “Adoption Mafia’
De Telegraaf, 2 June 2007 The scandal around fifty illegally adopted Indian children is only the tip of the iceberg. Only in recent months similar practices came to light in Sri Lanka and Nepal, where...
View ArticleACT in the NEWS: Foreign adoptions ‘make children commodities’
8 September 2015 PHOTO: “What is the definition of human trafficking? When there is an exchange of money for a human body, this is trafficking,” Anjali Pawar said. Excellent article by ABC Australia,...
View ArticleDutch woman finds biological mom in Bhandara after 27 years
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Soumittra S Bose,TNN | Sep 8, 2015, 03.05 AM IST NAGPUR: It was raining happiness when Varsha Lanjewar, 29, finally met her biological mother in a...
View ArticleACT in the NEWS: Raining Happiness
ACT’s work on re-connecting adoptees and their families often brings us stress, worries, financial hardship. In short it costs us blood, sweat and tears. But this weekend it was, once again, raining...
View ArticleACT’s contribution to the European State of the Union – Children’s Rights in...
8 September 2015 A long story short: the European Union replaced the UN Convention with the Hague Adoption Convention. Why? To re-open intercountry adoptions from Romania. First thing they did in...
View ArticleFundraiser for ACT: Climbing the 02 Arena in London!
A GREAT INITIATIVE! In support of Against Child Trafficking (ACT), Vishali Bij & Qarah Qureshi & Isha Mirza will be raising funds towards ACT’s mission and mandate by climbing the 02 Arena on...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Commission President Juncker
Ingrid und Klaus-Peter Wittkopf Sudenfelder Str. 10 D – 49525 Lengerich 14 September 2015 Dear Mr. Juncker, With this letter we address ourselves, as citizens of the EU, personally to you to request...
View ArticleDaughter returns from Sweden to see mom after 42 years
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com Soumittra S Bose | Sep 14, 2015, 03.01 AM IST Anupama denies being part of Fahadh’s film!Roma, Anupama and Anusree in Comedy StarsAnupama to romance Nithiin...
View ArticleRomanian Government approved a draft law to streamline domestic and...
Source: http://actmedia.eu Thursday, September 17, 2015 The Government approved in its Wednesday’s sitting a draft law to make domestic and international adoptions faster and more flexible, a release...
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