Associated Links
- Corruption in International Adoptions
- “Where do babies come from?” Interactive Map
- "The Lie We Love," Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec. 2008
- "The Seamier Side of International Adoption,"
The New York Times Opinion Blog, May 10, 2009 - "The Orphan Trade: A look at families affected by corrupt international adoptions," Slate.com, May 8, 2009
- "The orphan manufacturing chain," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "Out of Cambodia," The Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2009
- "The problem with saving the world's 'orphans'," The Boston Globe, Dec. 11, 2008
- Resources for Learning More
- Resources for Parents
- Responses to
"The Lie We Love" - Debunking the Orphan Myth: Responses to Criticisms
- In Related News
The Myth of Supply—Problems in Countries Offering Children for Adoption:
- ALBANIA
- ARMENIA
- BELARUS
- CAMBODIA
- CHAD
- CHINA
- CONGO
- ETHIOPIA
- GUATEMALA
- HAITI<<
- HONDURAS
- INDIA
- INDONESIA
- KENYA
- LIBERIA
- MARSHALL ISLANDS
- MOZAMBIQUE
- NEPAL
- NIGERIA
- PARAGUAY
- PERU
- POLAND
- ROMANIA
- RUSSIA
- SAMOA
- UGANDA
- UKRAINE
- VIETNAM
Student Research Assistants' Contributions
Photos in collage upper left:
From left: All pictures expect child behind wooden fence © Lindsay Stark
Child behind wooden fence © Lauri Kroski | SXC.hu
Photo above
© Lindsay Stark
News Reports of Adoption
Irregularities in Haiti
NOTE: This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website lists citations that report on irregularities in international adoptions from Haiti. For the systemic analysis of corruption in international adoptions, please read “The Lie We Love,” Foreign Policy magazine, Nov./Dec.2008 and visit ww.brandeis.edu/investigate.
“Combating Child Trafficking and Abuse in Haiti,” February 5, 2008, HaitiInfo.
“Haïti/ Enfance: Conférence-Débat sur la situation des enfants en institutions et sur l’adoption internationale,” November 21, 2007, Alterpresse.
“Haïti-Enfance : Bientôt une loi sur l’adoption,” November 9, 2007, AlterPresse.
“Trafficking Case Exposes Child Servitude,” October 24, 2007, Tehran Times.
"Haiti: Officials Rescue and Return to Their Parents 50 Trafficked Children; 100 Others Await Rescue,” Desiree Smolin, October 3, 2007, Fleas Biting.
“Haiti : Après 2 ans d’enfer dans un orphelinat…,” August 21, 2007, Alterpresse.
“Ordeal of Children Victims of Trafficking for International Adoption Revealed,” Geslet Bordes, August 17, 2007, International Organization for Migration.
“Trafficked Children Returned Home,” Geslet Bordes, August 10, 2007, International Organization for Migration.
“Haiti Children Leave ‘Rogue’ Adoption Centre,” August 10, 2007, Reuters Foundation Alert Center.
“Haitian Children Saved from Rogue Adoption Center,” August 10, 2007, Associated Press, The Free Library.
“About Orphanages in Haiti,” Tim Collie, December 3, 2006, South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
“Situation préoccupante des enfants d’Haïti, selon le rapport mondial de l’UNICEF,” February 22, 2005, Alterpresse.
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