Add to ORKGDisasters are prevalent with devastating effects on vulnerable populations that include the elderly, disabled, women and children. Historical responses to vulnerable children and families post-disaster raise questions concerning further harms to children rescued by adoption in the aftermath of devastation. This article offers critical and historical perspectives on child removal for adoption in the context of disaster and the psychosocial care of children affected by disaster. It brings into question whether removal, especially permanent removal for adoption, is in their interests. This article concludes that efforts are needed by the international community to ensure that past abuses do not recu
During conflicts and crises, children often face multiple stressors that can have significant impact...
Although children constitute half of the world's refugee population, the long-term future of refugee...
On January 12th, 2010 Haiti’s capital was unexpectedly struck with a disastrous 7.0 earthquake. It w...
Since 1980, over 2 million people have died as an immediate result of natural and man-made disasters...
In recent years, major natural disasters — ranging from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to the 2010 Ha...
The humanitarian system is struggling to adapt to changes in the global political environment, trend...
There are more than 132,000,000 orphans worldwide. As a result of recent natural disasters in the U...
Natural hazard-induced disasters have become a priority concern for international humanitarian child...
An article presented to the U. S. Committee for Refugees for the World Refugee Survey: 1900 in Revi...
This article brings the concept of kinning from anthropology and the sociology of adoption and care ...
Disaster-affected children are among the most vulnerable populations and face a wide range of threat...
This article concerns one notable feature of narratives around child welfare records: the prevalence...
This article concerns one notable feature of narratives around child welfare records: the prevalence...
Over the past decades international adoption became a global phenomenon of cross-border movement of ...
LLM (International Child Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusEvery child has the right ...
During conflicts and crises, children often face multiple stressors that can have significant impact...
Although children constitute half of the world's refugee population, the long-term future of refugee...
On January 12th, 2010 Haiti’s capital was unexpectedly struck with a disastrous 7.0 earthquake. It w...
Since 1980, over 2 million people have died as an immediate result of natural and man-made disasters...
In recent years, major natural disasters — ranging from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami to the 2010 Ha...
The humanitarian system is struggling to adapt to changes in the global political environment, trend...
There are more than 132,000,000 orphans worldwide. As a result of recent natural disasters in the U...
Natural hazard-induced disasters have become a priority concern for international humanitarian child...
An article presented to the U. S. Committee for Refugees for the World Refugee Survey: 1900 in Revi...
This article brings the concept of kinning from anthropology and the sociology of adoption and care ...
Disaster-affected children are among the most vulnerable populations and face a wide range of threat...
This article concerns one notable feature of narratives around child welfare records: the prevalence...
This article concerns one notable feature of narratives around child welfare records: the prevalence...
Over the past decades international adoption became a global phenomenon of cross-border movement of ...
LLM (International Child Law), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusEvery child has the right ...
During conflicts and crises, children often face multiple stressors that can have significant impact...
Although children constitute half of the world's refugee population, the long-term future of refugee...
On January 12th, 2010 Haiti’s capital was unexpectedly struck with a disastrous 7.0 earthquake. It w...