Over the past several years, Ethiopia has rapidly become one of the top "sending countries" in international adoption.
Meet Kathryn Joyce: Adoption Boom and Fraud in Ethiopia
Published January 3, 2012
Over the past several years, Ethiopia has become one of the top "sending countries" in the international adoption market. But with the growing numbers of adoptions have come allegations of fraudulent paperwork and unethical recruitment of children for adoption--a practice dubbed "child harvesting" by the Ethiopian government.
Kathryn Joyce discusses her project "Casualties of Ethiopia’s Adoption Boom" and the impact this new "export industry" has had on the local population.
Short waiting periods and high availability of young children have made Ethiopia an international adoption hot spot. Babies have become a major "export" but corruption is rampant.
As Ethiopia's international adoptions become an increasingly lucrative business, adoption agencies are being accused of fraudulent paperwork and unethical recruitment of children—or “child harvesting...
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Kathryn Joyce is author of "Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement" (Beacon, 2009) and a forthcoming book on adoption and religion with PublicAffairs press. Her journalism has appeared...