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: Boy © crazy80frog | SXC.hu
Street in Kiev
© Natalia Bratslavsky | Dreamstime.com
Photo above
© Ivan Cruz | SXC.hu
News Reports of Adoption
Irregularities in Ukraine
NOTE: This page from the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism website lists news articles that report on irregularities in international adoptions from Ukraine. 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.
“Scandal of newborn babies stolen from their mothers,” September 10, 2005, The Times UK.
“Babies-for-sale trade faces a global crackdown,” Carolyn Wheeler, November 21, 2004, The Observer.
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