Tag: intercountry adoptees

Agent Orange, Adoption, and the Long Reach of War

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Vietnam adoptee Vinh shares his search for family, the impact of Agent Orange, reunion with his mother, and a call to heal trauma and end violence.

Finding My Bangladeshi Mother

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Sofia shares her journey from Bangladesh to Sweden and the profound moment DNA testing confirmed her biological mother is alive.

How I feel about the end of Chinese intercountry adoption

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Meredith shares the range of emotions she is experiencing since the announcement by China, her birth country, that all intercountry adoptions will stop.

Searching for my family in China

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The following blog series will be dedicated to our Searching in Intercountry Adoption series. These individual stories are being shared from our Perspective Paper that was also shared with our Webinar, Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts. by Shelley Rottenberg, born in China, raised in Canada, http://www.shelleyrottenberg.ca I was adopted from Zhejiang, China to …

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Searching in Intercountry Adoption by Adoptee Experts Webinar

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ICAVs newest webinar and perspective paper on searching in intercountry adoption bringing you experiences of intercountry adoptees from around the world.

Let’s talk about Illegal and Illicit Intercountry Adoptions

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Lynelle starts the conversation on illegal and illicit adoptions that adoptive parents must have with their adopted children, highlighting the lack of supports.

UK Intercountry Adoptees Webinar

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ICAV UK shares a panel of intercountry adoptee answers to questions asked by UK adoptive parents from AdoptionUK via a webinar run on 30 Jan 2023.

Vietnamese adopted brother and sister find each other through DNA

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An unexpected DNA match between brother and sister, both separately adopted out of Vietnam to different countries, provides a unique story as intercountry adoptees.

Navigating Disability and Rare Medical Conditions as an Intercountry Adoptee

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What complex issues do intercountry adoptees living with disability and or a rare disease navigate? We have created a resource to help educate on this topic.

A Question for Adoption Agencies

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Cameron asks adoption agencies how well they are incorporating adoptee voices and adoptee led research into their practice and policy.

Adoptee Birthdays

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Maars shares the complex feelings that arise on her birthday as a transracial intercountry adoptee.