Category: Adoption policy

Why Hague Convention States must take responsibility for  post adoption costs

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Lynelle argues Hague States must address post-adoption costs, regulating services, ensuring accountability, and preventing exploitation of adoptees.

Adoption Across a Lifetime: Why Reform Must Move Beyond the Child-Centric Lens

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Lynelle's opening keynote on intercountry adoption, exploring identity, lifelong impacts, and the urgent need to reform systems beyond a child-centric lens.

Rethinking “harm” in intercountry adoption

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Explores the emotional harm of intercountry adoption, where wrongdoing is acknowledged but justice remains out of reach for adoptees.

Restoring Identity for Intercountry Adoptees

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Lynelle calls on States to restore identity, nationality, records, family ties, and allow adoption reversal where chosen as a matter of justice.

Intercountry adoptees taking legal action and reclaiming our rights

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Intercountry adoptees worldwide are taking legal action to expose illegal adoptions, demand truth, and push for justice, accountability, and human rights reform.

Korea’s Revised Adoption Process

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Jayme Hansen applauds South Korea's revised adoption process more aligned with Hague Convention guidelines, creating more oversight of vulnerable children.

Leadership in the Intercountry Adoptee Community

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Abby Abby explores servant leadership in the intercountry transracial adoptee community, emphasizing empathy, healing, and empowerment in shaping adoption practices.