ADOPTIONS FROM INDIA

If you’re interested in adopting a child from India, have a look at the wonderful website set out in ICHILD. It was founded in 1995 and is a very resourceful website as adoption from India can be tricky to navigate. Adoptions by foreigners are tightly regulated by the Indian government so it would be in your best interest to familiarise yourself with their regulations.

500 000 female foetuses are aborted every year because of cultural discrimination against women. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared this a 'national shame'. "No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against the one half of humanity represented by women."