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Adoption in South Africa: ‘Our aim wasn’t to get a child; it was to give a child a home’

The process of adopting a child can be long and demanding but it is a rewarding wait.

NSW Family and Community Services Minister Pru Goward defended the new rules as necessary for youngsters to experience some stability. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP)

Australia adoption law sparks ‘stolen generation’ fears

The New South Wales government said the change would prevent vulnerable young people from being moved around multiple foster homes

Hundreds of Spanish women have came forward in 2014 to claim that their babies were stolen at birth and given up for illegal adoptions. The placard reads, “Seville, I’m looking for my son 8/02/1967”. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)

Doctor found guilty but not convicted in Spain ‘stolen baby’ case

The court found former gynaecologist Eduardo Vela guilty of taking Ines Madrigal, now 49, away from her mother as a newborn in 1969

Hundreds of Spanish women have came forward in 2014 to claim that their babies were stolen at birth and given up for illegal adoptions. The placard reads, “Seville, I’m looking for my son 8/02/1967”. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)

Spain’s first ‘stolen babies’ case comes to trial

The ‘stolen babies’ scandal was a dark chapter of the repressive Franco era that shook Spain when it eventually came to light in the 2000s

Zuma also delivered what appeared to be a veiled threat to the current ANC leadership

Donor sperm and eggs: How much should a child know?

The Law Reform Commission is examining the rights of donor-conceived children to learn their donors’ identity, but what would a new system look like?

Equal footing: In the United Kingdom

South Africa needs legislated daddy time

New dads and adoptive parents should have the same time off work as moms who give birth

The National Union of Mineworkers is no longer Cosatu’s largest affiliate.

White man, you’re on your own

White South Africans are learning it’s time to confront each other’s problematic race attitudes.

Alex Hoek says everything appears normal to his son Quentin

Transracial adoption: Loving gift or theft of culture?

Social workers prefer to avoid transracial adoptions, but supply and demand often override this sentiment when it comes to potential parents.

A Russian gay and LGBT rights activist shows a sign reading ‘Love is stronger than homophobia’ from inside of a Russian riot police van during an unauthorised gay rights activists rally.

Putin to ban gay couples from adopting Russian children

The ban on foreign gay couples adopting has underscored a growing rift with the West over gay rights under President Vladimir Putin.

‘We hope that this national apology will assist in recognising the hurt and help families to heal

Australia to apologise for forced adoptions

Australia will formally apologise for the forced adoption of tens of thousands of babies born mostly to unmarried mothers between the 1950s and 1970s.

Children are often left in limbo while legal and administrative requirements are observed.

Deep Read: For orphaned babies, time is always running out

One of the biggest challenges faced by child welfare groups involved with abandoned babies and adoption is time. Too much of it, and not enough.

Moratorium on US adoption of Russian children

Russia has signalled that it could soon slap a moratorium on US adoptions of local children despite the signing of an agreement on the issue in 2011.

Australia hospitals apologise for forced adoptions

Roman Catholic hospitals in Australia apologised on Monday for forcing unmarried mothers to give up babies for adoption decades ago.

Malawi court allows Madonna to adopt second child

Malawi’s highest court on Friday granted American pop icon Madonna the right to adopt a second child from an orphanage in the country.

Madonna adoption: Paternity dispute erupts

As a court prepares to decide on Madonna’s adoption bid, a dispute has erupted over whether a man trying to stop the proceedings is the girl’s father.

Malawi dad vows to fight Madonna’s adoption bid

A 24-year-old Malawian man who claims to be the father of a girl Madonna wants to adopt vowed Sunday to fight the US pop icon’s adoption bid.

Malawi court to hear Madonna adoption appeal on May 4

The Malawi Supreme Court will next month hear an appeal by Madonna over her failed bid to adopt a second child, a court official said on Monday.

Madonna adoption row divides Malawi

This is the story of two single mothers in Malawi — one unknown and dirt poor, the other famous and unimaginably wealthy.

Madonna to appeal court ruling on Malawi adoption

Wealthy, famous, fabulous at 50 — but not a mother of four. Pop star extraordinaire Madonna lost a bid on Friday to adopt a second child from Malawi.