A radio report out of the Netherlands that is to air tomorrow, (Transmission Date: Sunday 8 July 2007) has brought together a panel to discuss international adoption.

Before getting into this, let's take a minute to look back over recent history on what we've seen of the Dutch take on international adoption.

Back in May, a story hit the... more

The opening of the new National Assembly building in Phnom Penh is timed to coincide with the ten-year anniversary of Prime Minister Hun Sen's victory over Prince Ranariddh.

I suppose that's appropriate.

Too bad it marks a time when scores of people lost their lives in political in-fighting and the beginning of an era that's seen no serious challenge to the CCP ... the PM's party ... since.

The government does happily point out, however, that the country is developing... more

Parenting is tough in Australia these days. (Adoption in Australia happens on a small level, there being only 502 adoptions in 2003/04, 74% of which were international.)

There are some tough new laws coming into play that will change the way mothers and fathers behave ... and walk, for that matter.

As of 1 July next year, parents ... more

The number of orphanages in The Gambia is going up fast, and projects, associations, organizations, institutions, societies and schools are popping up alongside. This article takes a look at why 'collectivism' is the right approach to the problems of orphans, or tries to.

Like much on orphans, there's more spout than clout here, so lines like, "Collective Responsibility: refers to a duty that a certain group of people consciously share among themselves for a specific... more

Continued from the previous post, where we were talking about orphans in Kashmire, and how help sometimes doesn't look like that to everyone.

There's the Marriage of Poor and Orphan Girls Foundation:

Foundation provides financial help to orphan and poor girls for conducting their marriages and shares their financial woes and worries. These marriages are conducted with simplicity, grace and accordingly to Islamic... more

A report today out of India ... not new information, but showing up this morning, nonetheless ... on the plight of orphans around the Kashmir region is reminding me of much of what prompted the series I did a couple of days back that began with Iraq and moved on from there.

A... more

In writing about Vietnamese adult adoptees adopting from their birth country, I came across this study that I would love to give you more of, but can't because the full text costs $35 to access. What I do have, however, is the abstract.

This short summation of what is certain to be a long and detailed research article put... more

As always, the weekly news from Cambodia is about some good, some bad and some ugly. It never ceases to amaze me how the dichotomy that is the country is all pervasive, from the grand to the horrible, to the ancient to the brand-spanking-new, right up to from the historical to today's news.

Starting with another big bump in tourism, with Korea being the country sending the most visitors. A ... more

We've been looking at China, the county's new requirements for adoption, and the idea that they're running out of adoptable children.

In addition to China wanting to give the impression that all is so well within their vast borders that very few children are in need of families, this is also a country with a population of 1.3+ billion people with... more

In writing the other day about the bias against overweight people seeping into the adoption world via Asia, I was prompted to take another look at the new regulations China has imposed that came into effect at the beginning of last month.

Although I gather that Brian Stuy and... more