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Category: Intercounty Adoption

Heritage in Community

While I was working with the International Korean Adoptee Association (IKAA) this summer, I conducted some internal research on search and reunion and reconnection with cultural heritage among Korean American adoptees. Below I share a few points I came to...

Preserving Connections: Rethinking the approach to cultural identity

Three questions we MUST ASK, in order to change the way we help children stay connected with their cultural identity and their families? 1) Shouldn’t ALL of our child protection laws be like the Indian Child Welfare Act?  This is ...

Keeping Culture Alive

Families and Adoption Agency Team up to Preserve Korean Culture

Preserving cultural identity across borders can be difficult. Jim and Monica Frye experienced this struggle first hand as they expanded their family by means of intercountry adoption. The Frye’s live in Queen Creek, Arizona with their 3 children Dylan (24),...

Joshua’s Story – International Kinship Care

Ten years ago, baby Joshua was in a precarious situation. Removed from his mother’s care and with no other family placement options in Australia, Joshua was placed in foster care. Being raised in foster care was the likely trajectory of...

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Jena Martin's preface to her own article: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - A New Way of Looking at the Intercountry Adoption Debate  It’s funny how things work out. Seventeen years ago, I wrote an article.  My original ...

National Adoption Awareness Month: A Happy Story!

ISS-USA is celebrating National Adoption Awareness Month with one of our recent cases that was especially heartwarming. An ISS-USA Intercountry Case Manager received a request from our partner in Europe regarding a family tracing service. At ages two and three,...

Lion: A Tale of Intercountry Adoption

In Search of Happier Beginnings and Joyful Endings What if our number one priority was the well-being of children across the globe? I recently saw Lion, a film that tells the story of Saroo Brierley, an Indian boy who is...

ISS Responds to New Yorker Article on Intercountry Adoption

ISS-USA responds to a recent article in the New Yorker Magazine about the author's experience with intercountry adoption from Haiti. (more…)

International Adoption and the Principle of Subsidiarity

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EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI: INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION CASES

International Reference Centre for the Rights of Children Deprived of their Family (ISS/IRC ) Poisiton Paper on International Adoption and the Crisis in Haiti. (more…)

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