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Alternatives to Adoption?
ICAV Blogger Collaborative Series #3
Identity, Lost & Found
Abby reflects on reclaiming her Latina identity after growing up in a white Jewish family, highlighting the impact of adoption practices on self-worth and cultural connection.
Adoption Laws – IF
Lynelle shares what she would suggest IF adoption laws could be changed.
Digging in the Dirt
Abby emphasizes the importance of post-adoption services for healing adoption trauma, highlighting the need for community support, therapy, and resources to thrive.
Leadership in the Intercountry Adoptee Community
Abby Abby explores servant leadership in the intercountry transracial adoptee community, emphasizing empathy, healing, and empowerment in shaping adoption practices.
Thoughts on being a part of The Hague Illicit Practices Working Group
ICAV invited to be an Observer at the Hague Working Group.
A Filipino Adoptee’s Plea to Not Be Erased
Dear Intercountry Adoption Board (ICAB) of the Philippines, I'm a 33-year-old Filipino American adoptee and I refuse to be erased. I refuse to be ignored. I was born in the Philippines and it was not my choice to leave. But it is my choice to return as an adult and to regain my citizenship. Because, …
New Connections
At this current moment I'm flying thousands of kilometres through the air to reach my destination - The Hague, Netherlands. It's going to take me 24 hours and you all know what that's like - cramped in a stuffy space with people coughing, kids crying, airplane food, almost-can't-turn-around-in spaces they call "toilets" and trying to …
The Lived Experience of Illicit Intercountry Adoption
A critical view of intercountry adoption must consider those who have experienced illicit intercountry adoptions.
Adoptee Citizenship
Rachel Kim Tschida share her special essay on the topic of American Citizenship for intercountry adoptees.
The Crying Girl
How the Korean Government Fails I was stationed in Korea for eight years and have made more than a dozen trips to Korea since I left in 2007. During my last visit to Itaewon, I came across a small bronze statue of a girl sitting on a chair, next to an empty chair, located at …
The Rights of the Child
UK transracial adoptee shares her thoughts on being adopted.
Where is the Outrage?
Lynelle writes critically about intercountry adoption numbers plummeting around the world.
The Truth of Intercountry Adoption
These past weeks have been frustrating to say the least! I received an official letter from the Australian Government - Minister Tehan's office, Minister for Social Services, one of the Federal departments responsible for intercountry adoption. Our stakeholder community has been actively writing and contacting the Minister to request a review of the decision to …
Voices of those impacted the most in Adoption
Paul Bonnell's essay written to express his journey of intercountry adoption from Vietnam.
Not My White Savior: Review
Julayne Lee's book, Not My White Savior is reviewed by ICAV.
Parenthood Made Me Better
Jayme shares about how becoming a parent himself has changed his life and perspective as an intercountry adoptee from South Korea.
What Intercountry Adoptees Need
Lynelle shares from dialogue within ICAV what intercountry adoptees need, having lived the experience.
Cuts You Deep
Whilst studying for my undergraduate degree in History, I found the similarities of my childhood and reading the history of Nazi Germany opened up my old anxieties. The interrogation methods of the SS were like pages read out about my own childhood. My adopted mother acted like a Concentration Camp guard, always on the lookout …
Degrees of Being Trafficked in Intercountry Adoption
Lynelle writes critically about the lack of formal support for adoptees who have been trafficked via intercountry adoption.
Personal Message from Lynelle
Lynelle writes about her views on the UNCRC and The Hague Convention for Intercountry Adoption.
Meeting with US DOS & ICAV
Adult intercountry adoptees meet with the US Central Authority to discuss their needs re Citizenship.
Citizenship should be guaranteed in Intercountry Adoption
Citizenship in America is not granted to all intercountry adoptees. This paper explores the topic critically from those with lived experience.