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How to adopt a child in South Africa

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

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.

Phillip Lühl’s mother, and grandmother to the twins knits in a family member’s home a few hours before the family is due to hear the ruling from the High Court of Namibia on whether the Lühl-Delgado family can be reunited, Johannesburg, South Africa. The twins, who were born through surrogacy in South Africa, have not been granted travel documents to enter Namibia, where their other father, Guillermo and older brother, Yona, anxiously await their arrival. Photograph: Chris de Beer-Procter

Namibian court rejects couple’s appeal to bring their babies home

A same-sex couple’s struggle to have their children via surrogacy granted citizenship in Namibia, where marriage between men is not yet legal, is being stonewalled at every turn

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

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.

Day 8: HOW TO: adopt a child

Have you ever considered adopting a child? This single act could make a massive difference. Read more on what adoption entails.

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.