Christla Petitberghien and her academic peers write critically about intercountry adoption from South Korea, looking at the reproductive rights of women.
Tag: international adoption from Korea
Is Adoption Truly a Mother’s Choice?
Yung Fierens shares her Mother's Day thoughts to remind us to think critically about whether Korean mothers are truly consenting to their children being adopted.
Adoptees Need Mental Health Services
Christina speaks about the need for mental health services for intercountry adoptees who live many traumas.
We are more than Numbers!
Brenna talks about Korean adoption statistics and how adoptees are more than these numbers.
Forget Me Not: Review
Lynelle reviews Forget Me Not, a documentary about Sth Korean mothers.
South Korean Adoptions: An Economic Analysis
CFO and Korean adoptee, Jayme investigates the economics of Sth Korea's adoptees sent out abroad.
A journey through space, a journey divided
By Sunny Reed, Korean intercountry adoptee. Intercountry adoptees speak often about the return to their birth country, a time defined by searching and finding. Lynelle’s recent post made me consider my relationship with Korea, the land that, over three decades ago, released me to a country made of dreams. We speak of “the return” as …
My DNA History
DNA Brief Hansen Short 2018 Click on the link above. You will then be asked to OPEN or SAVE the file. If you want to watch it - click OPEN. If you want to keep the file - click SAVE. This is a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show with audio inserted in most pages. Click onto …
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.
Book Review: Birth Mothers in South Korea
Lynelle writes a review of Birth Mothers and Transational Adoption Practice in South Korea by Hosu Kim.