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Tag: adoptee advocacy for our biological families

Victims of Illegal Intercountry Adoptions speak out at the UN

On September 21, 2023May 16, 2024 By lynellelongIn Adoptee Activism, adoption reform, Australia, Birth parents speak out, China, France, Greece, Grief and Loss, Illegal Adoption, Illicit Adoption, Korea, South Korea, The Netherlands, Trauma in Adoption, UK, USA, Vietnam2 Comments

ICAV presents at the UN first year anniversary of the Joint Statement on Illegal Intercountry Adoptions, where to from here.

A Tribute and Legacy to My Sri Lankan Mother

On March 22, 2022March 15, 2022 By Guest BloggerIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Nimal shares about his incredible work in Sri Lanka to help the women who remind him of his mother, who was given no support and died before he could meet her.

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