Nepal: News and Info
A bit in the news has me thinking about Nepal today, so I thought I’d hop around my desk and put together all the notes I’ve been collecting on that country for a while for families with connections,...
View ArticleNepal: News and Info, con’t
Continued from here … And another UN article, this one from the UN PR machine, for sure, talks about improvements in lives of “untouchable” women”. Ms. Sada belongs to the musahar caste – the name...
View ArticlePress Freedom Reports: Nepal, India, Ethiopia, Russia, Ukraine & Kazakhstan
Continued from here … Nepal, on the other hand, started out the year very badly. Before he was ousted in a democratic revolution, King Gyanendra had put the very existence of the independent press...
View ArticleNepal Adoptions: News or Drama
Is there anything suspect in the timing of a story coming out of Nepal that casts international adoption in a negative light coinciding with the first International Conference of Inter-Country Adoption...
View ArticleNepal Adoptions: News or Drama, 2
Continued from here … Now, some of the questions that pop into my mind when reading the stories about Nepali adoption that are cropping up just about the time a conference on international adoption is...
View ArticleNepal Adoptions: News or Drama, 3
Continued from here where we were about to add two to two … Could it be that here is where the rubber meets the road? As an international conference on adoption of children began in Kathmandu on...
View ArticleNepal Adoptions: News or Drama, 4
Continued from here where we’ve been underwhelmed by “facts” and UNICEF …. Okay. I am NOT saying there have never been any corrupt dealings in any Nepali adoptions. Nepal, like most of our kids’ birth...
View ArticleNews: Nepal closes, Cambodia opens to French, and more
Time to clean up the desk again, so today’ s post will be bits and pieces of news I’ve been collecting to pass along, starting with an announcement from Ethica about an up-coming conference,...
View ArticleInternational Adoption: Nepal
The US State Department has posted new information on international adoption from Nepal in the country section of their international adoption site. Framed in a Question and Answer format, it addresses...
View ArticleInternational Adoption In The News
A few updates in the world of International Adoption: Madonna’s petetion for adoption of a little girl is granted the second time around from the courts of Malawi. Malawi’s adoption laws normally...
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