Two months ago, Nepal's Ministry of Women, Children, and Social Welfare lifted an inter-country adoption ban. This action marked the first time in two years that Nepalese children were permitted to be adopted by people from other countries. However, bureaucratic red tape is still preventing adoptions.

"According to a ministry official, the joint-secretary responsible for looking after adoptions, Prakash Adhikari, left for the United States... and is yet to return. Similarly, joint-secretary Ratna Kaji Bajracharya, who was deputed to shoulder Adhikari's responsibilities in his absence, is currently in Pokhara [Nepal, near the Chinese border.]"

In October the government released a list of 58 agencies that had been authorized to facilitate inter-country adoptions in Nepal, but none of these organizations have placed a single child in a permanent home yet. Source: Republica (Nepal)

Labels: international, foreign_adoption

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