Vietnamese mother searching for her daughter adopted to either Belgium or France
Tag: voices of those impacted the most
Colin Cadier at The Hague Special Commission
Colin Cadier's speech at the Hague Special Commission 2022, Day 1, Session 1, Voices of Adoptees Panel
Adoptees at the Hague Special Commission
Lynelle shares the history of adoptee led organisation involvement at the Hague Special Commission meetings and the importance of adoptee voices being included.
Educational Resource for Professionals
Launch Day I am proud to launch our new adoptee led educational video resource for professionals designed to help doctors, teachers, and mental health professionals better understand our lived experience as intercountry adoptees. This project has been a huge effort over the past 6 months in Australia to gather adult intercountry adoptee voices and share …
Implications of China’s One Child Policy Expansion
Chinese Canadian adoptee shares the impacts to her with the latest expansion of China's One Child Policy to now allow 3 children in a family.
From Tokenism to Social Justice
Marie Gardom shares how we can move from Tokenism to Social Justice in adoption. Inclusion of adoptees needs to recognise adoptees as the experts of our experience.
Broken
by Yolanda, a transracial adoptee (of Jamaican, black mixed with Chipawaue Indian origins) raised in the USA into a black American adoptive family. Artwork by Yolanda I was adopted at seven months old and my adoptee story isn't a good one. Basically I grew up in a religious family full of mental, physical, emotional and …
Peruvian Adoptee Returns to Birth Country
Milagros Forrester shares with ICAV about her return trips to Peru and how it impacted her search for identity and belonging.
Family and Xmas Times
Lynelle shares her mix of feelings for adoptive family at key times like Xmas.
Working through the difficult process as an Adoptee
JoYi Rhyss offers free zoom workshops to help adoptees.
Adoptee Dualities
Abby explores the complex dualities adoptees face, from identity and family connections to cultural struggles, highlighting the emotional toll of navigating adoption experiences.
US Dept of State Adoptee Town Hall Event
Pamela Kim shares her thoughts after the US DoS Adoptee Town Hall event.
Life Lessons from an Adoptee – Part 7
Part 7 of Life Lessons by Tamieka Small
Mother’s Day Ponderings
What does Mother's Day mean for this adoptee?
Can Intercountry Adoption be Ethical? Does it do Good?
Are you doing good by intercountry adopting?
Adopted as Infants
ICAV Blogger Collaborative Series #1
Divided by Two Cultures
Xiaolan reflects her cultural identities in this artwork.
Leave Room
Elena S Hall shares about adoption and
There Isn’t An Orphan Crisis, It’s a Family Separation Crisis
Jessica shares on what is happening in intercountry adoption today.
Not Helpful
Juliette shares on what's not helpful - we just need to be respectfully heard!
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.
We have been Brought into a Place of Hate
Vincente Mollestad shares about the death of a Chinese adoptee, murdered.
The Lived Experience of Illicit Intercountry Adoption
A critical view of intercountry adoption must consider those who have experienced illicit intercountry adoptions.
Korean Killdeers
I was reared on a small dairy farm that rested on the edge of the Red River Valley on the Minnesota side. I grew up in a rural farming community that was filled with a lush green forest of corn, amber waves of grain and intermittent dots of farm homesteads covered with thick deciduous trees. …