Child Welfare South Africa
Today we spoke to Tinny Whitaker from Child Welfare, we spoke about child adoption. We have heard that it is illegal to attempt to become a child's "permanent" parent in any other way than through the adoption process. Becoming a child's foster parent involves another process and to pay a woman for her child is a crime.
We also heard that only children made available for adoption may be adopted. For example, a child whose parents are both dead or who has been abandoned is available for adoption. Where the parents are alive and can be found, they must both consent to the adoption. Any child under 18 years can be adopted.
For more information you can contact Tinny Whitaker on
021 638 3127 or visit: www.childwelfare.co.za
We then spoke to Kathleen Dey from Rape Crises South Africa. We spoke about the rape trauma and we have heard that Rape Crisis believe that men and women need to take collective responsibility to curb violence against women and it is through this partnership that real change will take place in our society. We also heard that they believe that there must be a change in the behaviour of women, in the way that they protect themselves and insist on their rights in their personal and social relationships with men.
For more information you can call Kathleen Dey on 021 447 1467
We also heard that only children made available for adoption may be adopted. For example, a child whose parents are both dead or who has been abandoned is available for adoption. Where the parents are alive and can be found, they must both consent to the adoption. Any child under 18 years can be adopted.
For more information you can contact Tinny Whitaker on
021 638 3127 or visit: www.childwelfare.co.za
We then spoke to Kathleen Dey from Rape Crises South Africa. We spoke about the rape trauma and we have heard that Rape Crisis believe that men and women need to take collective responsibility to curb violence against women and it is through this partnership that real change will take place in our society. We also heard that they believe that there must be a change in the behaviour of women, in the way that they protect themselves and insist on their rights in their personal and social relationships with men.
For more information you can call Kathleen Dey on 021 447 1467
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