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The problem:
analysis and examples
•International adoption
corruption
•"The Lie We Love,"
Foreign Policy,
Nov/Dec 2008
•Awards for
"The Lie We Love"
•Orphaned or Stolen?
The U.S. State Dept.
investigates adoption
from Nepal, 2006-2008
•"The Orphan Trade:
A look at families
affected by corrupt
international
adoptions," Slate.com,
May 8, 2009
•"The Adoption
Underworld,"
The Washington Post,
Jan. 11, 2009
•"The orphan
manufacturing
chain," The
Washington Post,
Jan. 11, 2009
•"Out of Cambodia,"
The Washington Post,
Jan. 11, 2009.
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The proposed solutions
•"The Baby Business,"
Democracy Journal,
Summer 2010
•"The Baby Business"
with footnotes
•Experts respond to
"The Baby Business"
•Policy proposals for
fairer international
adoption practice
•Key documents:
Hague regulation
•How much
does it cost?
•U.S. has not
ratified the UNCRC
•Specific regulation
changes
•Cash required:
Bad practice
•Denying an orphan
visa: USCIS adoption
appeals
•Visa denied: The story
of one family
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A case study: Vietnam
•Anatomy of an
Adoption Crisis,
ForeignPolicy.com
September 12, 2010
•Map: Geography of
an Adoption Crisis
•Responses to
"Anatomy of an
Adoption Crisis"
•Primary sources:
U.S. government
documents, 2007-
2008 (obtained via
Freedom of
Information Act)
•Startling quotes from
released documents
•By province: references
to adoption problems
•Visa denied: The story
of one family
•U.S.-VN
Memorandum
of Agreement, 2005
•U.S. Department of
State Vietnam
adoption notices
•Licensed adoption
agencies listed by
province, 2006-2008
•Adoption agencies
licensed to work in
Vietnam, 2006-2008
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The background
•Capsule history of
international adoption
•UNICEF’s orphan
statistics explained
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Our commentary
•"Adopting new
standards on adoption,"
"Comment is Free,"
Guardian.co.uk,
Sept. 10, 2010.
•"Preventing Adoption
Disasters," The Boston
Globe, April 17, 2010
•Misunderstanding
‘Orphan' and
'Orphanage',"
The New York Times
"Room for Debate"
Opinion Blog,
Feb. 1, 2010
•"The Seamier Side of
International Adoption,"
The New York Times
"Room for Debate"
Opinion Blog,
May 10, 2009
•"The problem with
saving the world's
orphans,"
The Boston Globe,
Dec. 11, 2008
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Maps
•“Where Do Babies
Come From?”:
country-by-country
reports of adoption
irregularities
•Map: Geography of
an Adoption Crisis
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