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05/20/07
News: Suicide in Asian women, Liberia, and female infanticide gets easier
Categories: In the News, Adoption Information, Country News, Liberia
We're looking at recent international adoption-related news today ....
Very frightening, this report from CNN highlights a study out of the Asian-American studies program at Cal State Fullerton that has found that Asian-American women between the ages of 15 and 24 have the highest rate of suicide of any women in any race or ethnic group between those ages, and that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for Asian-American women in that age range.
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04/04/07
Liberia: Adoption, and the UN Strikes Again
Categories: Country News, The UN, Liberia
The UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) released a report a few days ago on unsatisfactory conditions in orphanages in Liberia.
Again. Sheesh! April must be their "trash Liberian adoption month". I wrote about the same darned thing this time last year!
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