An editorial responding to the February 17, 2012, Globe and Mail article, "The Painful New Realities of International Adoption," with comments by CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet.
CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet describes the downward trend in US international adoption in this article about the decline in Canada’s international adoption rates.
CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet was interviewed for this documentary by Paul Feine, detailing the negative impact that closing international adoption in Guatemala has had on children. The film also documents UNICEF's role.
TDH Ontario -- a long-time Canadian charity supporting a range of projects for children across the globe -- reports on the recent attacks on international adoption. TDH's July 2011 quarterly newsletter references CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet's extensive writings on international adoption.
CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet was interviewed for a PBS "Need to Know" story: "Left in limbo: Nepalese adoptions halted: Adoptive parents on the verge of bringing home a child find themselves caught between two governments." Bartholet responds to the U.S. State Department suspension of adoption of abandoned Nepalese children.
CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet examines the pros and cons of the US ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child. See her article in the January 2011 Annals volume, "The Child as Citizen," and listen to her interview.
Harvard Graduate School of Education student Kimberly Snodgrass, who enrolled in the Child Advocacy Program's course "Art of Social Change" in Fall 2010, created a "Forward Advocacy Foster Care Video." Click on the above link to view the video on YouTube.
Increased attention has been focused on international adoption following the return of an adoptive child to Russia by his adoptive mother. CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet speaks about the importance of international adoption on "Today" a news magazine show broadcasting live in Beijing, China; Canberra and Perth, Australia; Ottawa and Toronto, Canada; and California, Texas and Hawaii, USA.
The website Connect for Kids featured the Child Advocacy Program and two of our remarkable alums in a recent article. Learn more about how these CAP alums are using Skadden Fellowships to work on behalf of children and youth.
Read CAP Faculty Director Elizabeth Bartholet's piece in the New York Times "Room for Debate" blog reacting to the suspension of Russian adoption in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding the return of an adopted child to Russia.