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SC: NOC mandatory from receiving country for inter-country adoption

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a foreigner can adopt a child from India only after acquiring NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the diplomatic mission of that country in India.

Karina Jane Creed, an Australian national residing in India for the past four years, moved the apex court seeking a direction to Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) to issue NOC for adoption of two female siblings.

Karina claimed in 2016 CARA has already registered and processed her application, but refused to issue, thereafter, she began visiting the children and they identify her as their mother.

Gaurang Kanth, representing CARA, vehemently opposed Karina's claim stating that she has adopted a short-cut by moving the court instead of acquiring an NOC from Australian authorities.

"India and Australia are signatories of the Hague Convention, which aims to ensure best interests of the child, and guard it against trafficking. NOC from the receiving foreign country is mandatory as per the guidelines of the convention. If it is breached then it has larger ramifications especially related to the security of the child," said Kanth in a counter to Karina's petition.

A vacation bench comprising Justices Indira Banerjee and Ajay Rastogi queried Karina's counsel on the measures she has taken to avail visas for the children if adoption is completed.

Karina's counsel replied that the Australian authorities have issued a letter, but could not clarify if it would be sufficient to avail the visa.

Kanth countered that Karina has been residing in India for past four years, as a consequence, the Australian authorities could not conduct a home study report regarding her eligibility to adopt children.

"The foreign country has to prepare a home study report of the prospective adoptive parents and upon finding them eligible sponsor their application to CARA for adoption of a child from India," Kanth submitted before the court.

Upholding Kanth's argument, the court said, "A foreigner or a person of Indian origin or an overseas citizen of India who has habitual residence in India can apply for adoption of a child from India to CARA along with No Objection Certificate from the diplomatic mission of his country in India."

Then, the court queried Karina on a specific issue, "After the expiry of your visa in India, how do you propose to ensure travel for the adopted children to Australia? What is the surety that Australian government will recognise these children as part of your family and issue the visa?"

Her counsel could not answer the query to the court's satisfaction. Karina initially filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, which was dismissed, and then she challenged it in the top court.

According to the Article 5 of the Hague Convention, the receiving country has to determine if the prospective parents are eligible and suited to adopt, ensure the prospective parents have been counseled and the child will be authorised to enter and reside permanently in the country.

Kanth argued that Karina's petition failed to confer with this article.

Though, Kanth contended that CARA conducted a home-study regarding Karin's eligibility as a prospective parent and she fared well. "Then, we allowed her to establish contact with the children, who are based in Odisha. She met them many times and produced pictures with children establishing the bond," said Kanth.

The court observed that Karina has attached pictures in her petition and "it appears that the petitioner has built up a bond with the children who have also become very fond of the petitioner. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the children know the petitioner as their mother. Admittedly, however, the children are not in pre-adoption foster care of the petitioner."

Dismissing Karina's petition the court noted that although it has sympathy for her, "but regret our inability to help her."

(Sumit Saxena can be contacted at sumit.s@ians.in)

Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA)
India

'Illegal' Police Raids Have Forced Pune's Sex Workers to Operate in Unsafe Conditions

In the name of rescuing minors and foreigners, the police have picked up adult sex workers and lodged them in shelter homes.

Pune: Commercial sex workers in Pune’s red-light district have protested the misuse of Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act following alleged harassment and intimidation by the police in the name of checking documents. Multiple raids between January and April at their establishments have not just affected their business but also compelled them to continue their work from insecure locations at lower rates, affecting their livelihood. Many have even been forced into shelter homes.

Pune’s red-light area, Budhwar Peth, houses over 2,100 sex workers, as per police records. Over 1,000 others come to the area to business and then return home.

As per a recent report, in early January, Pune Police began collecting identity and address proofs of sex workers. Many, however, expressed their inability to secure documents like Aadhaar and ration card due to lack of residence proof. When they failed to provide documents, the police allegedly threatened them with arrests.

Also read | Decriminalising Sex Work is Better for Everyone

Moreover, the police claimed that the ‘illegal’ raids were conducted to rescue minors and Bangladeshi sex workers, but most of those sent to shelter homes were adult, Indian women.

The findings have been compiled by NGO Saheli Sangh along with Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM) through interviews and surveys. Tejaswi Sevekari, who runs Saheli, said: “On January 16, police held people coming to the area captive. They were photographed, filmed and videos were made viral on the internet, thus humiliating customers and ostracising sex workers.”

One of the sex workers, on the condition of anonymity, said that the police put barricades on the road leading to Budhwar Peth between 11 pm and 5 am. She said: “Many of us were booked under Section 110 and 117 of the Bombay Police Act. Police would physically and verbally abuse us.”

Manish Gupte of MASUM said: “In the name of a rescue operation of minors and foreigners, police carried out raids at brothels. They picked up adult sex workers who voluntarily entered the profession and put them in shelter homes. Sex workers are being released from shelter homes only if their legal guardians come to get them.”

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She added, “Many sex workers come to this area for a few hours to do business and return to home. Their families are not aware of it (their work). Some of these women left their families years ago. How can they disclose contact details of family members? Over 25 women have been confined to shelter homes for the last 2-3 months.”

A 30-year-old sex worker, who was taken to a shelter home after a raid, has been living there for over three months. She said, “The police is asking for the address and contact details of my legal guardian. But I have no relatives and I had entered this profession of my own free will.”

When asked about the raids, Suhas Bawache, deputy commissioner of police of Faraskhana area, under which Budhwar Peth falls, said the operation was carried out, among other reasons, to deter women from joining this profession. He said, “We carried out a survey of the number of women staying in this area, number of pimps and rooms being used. Many criminals and anti-social elements visit the area during night hours. Half of them come to see the fun. We wanted to stop it.”

He added, “Besides, sex workers had started coming out of the red-light area to attract customers. Many customers would pick up sex workers from various points. These points would attract criminals. Though we have carried out raids, not many sex workers have been booked. We hope that no other woman or minor join the profession.”

Gupte, however, said, “This is moral policing. Police have claimed that raids are for the rehabilitation of minor girls. But shelter homes where women are kept are making them sign an undertaking that they would not return to sex work and have threatened to arrest them if they are seen in Budhwar Peth again.”

Customers are afraid of their photos and videos being released. As a result, the number of people going to the red-light area has come down to less than half. Many customers have been asking sex workers to come to other areas, which adds to their travel expenses and also puts them at risk.

Mahadevi T., the chairman of Saheli, said, “The crackdown has put sex workers’ negotiating powers, safety and their sexual health at risk. Sex workers are forced to charge less and work in an unsafe condition. They are experiencing a loss of livelihood, making them unable to pay bills. That can lead to hunger, starvation, indebtedness and inability to support children.”

Meena Seshu of the National Network of Sex Workers said: “Misusing of the anti-trafficking provision of IPC Section 370 A against women who are in the profession by their own free will should be condemned. Judiciary should take action.”

Women’s groups have demanded that sex work be decriminalised so that those who are in this profession don’t have to suffer arbitrary police action.

Varsha Torgalkar is an independent journalist based in Pune.

India

Zappone’s haste risks further offending adopted people

The Children’s Minister’s failure thus far to consult us about the Adoption Bill, which is being rushed, adds insult to decades of injury, says Claire McGettrick

THIS week, Minister for Children, Katherine Zappone, introduced a series of amendments to the Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2016.

While we in Adoption Rights Alliance (ARA) welcome the plans to remove some of the deeply offensive elements of the bill, the proposal to contact every natural parent when adopted people seek information about themselves is equally discriminatory, and abhorrent to the people who are supposed to benefit from it. On Wednesday, in the Seanad, Minister Zappone said:

''f we do not get this legislation through before we rise for the summer recess, I am concerned that we will place in jeopardy the time required to allow the people concerned to finally get the rights that are due to them.”

Minister Zappone’s urgency is welcome, though her desire to rush through (in less than a month) a bill that has been rejected by all groups representing adopted people (including the Collaborative Forum convened by the minister) is alarming and a danger to the welfare of adopted people.

Ireland

Argentina rights organization identifies adopted son of couple disappeared during brutal 1976-1983 military dictatorship

Recovering my identity is for me a tribute to my parents,' Darroux Mijalchuk said at a press conference

Javier Matias Mijalchuk Darroux, the 130th grandson found after being stolen and illegally adopted during the last military regime (1976-1983), speaks next to an image depicting his mother, Elena Mijalchuk, during a press conference at Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo) human rights organization headquarters in Buenos Aires, June 13, 2019.EMILIANO LASALVIA/AFP/Getty Images

BUENOS AIRES — Argentine human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo divulged the identity on Thursday of the son of a couple disappeared during the nation’s brutal 1976 to 1983 military dictatorship.

With the discovery, the organization, which works to identify children of dissidents who were killed by Argentina’s government and reconnect them with their relatives, says it has now identified some 130 sons and daughters who were separated from their parents.

Human rights groups estimate that about 30,000 people were killed by Argentina’s military government, many of them tortured beforehand. Most were students, union leaders or dissidents who were murdered for their political beliefs.

In some cases, young children of the murdered were put up for adoption and were never told of their biological parents.

Javier Matías Darroux Mijalchuk, who was born in 1977, told reporters on Thursday that he knew he was adopted, but did not know who his parents were or the circumstances of his adoption, as he was only a few months old when his biological parents were taken by government forces.

While he said he felt comfortable with his adopted family, he began to suspect as an adult that he may have been the child of disappeared dissidents. That led him to seek out The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, whose members confirmed his suspicion.

“Recovering my identity is for me a tribute to my parents,” Darroux Mijalchuk said at a press conference.

He thanked his biological uncle, Roberto Mijalchuk, who he said had searched for him for 40 years. He said he will now seek to learn the fate of his parents, who were disappeared in 1977, and to find the biological sister he suspects he may have.

It is widely believed that there are still hundreds of adopted children of dissidents who still have not been identified. Efforts by The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to identify the children of the disappeared have been helped in recent years by advances in DNA technology.

— Reporting by Miguel Lo Bianco; writing by Gram Slattery Editing by Susan Thomas

Argentina

Uganda: 100 Babies Dead - NGO Wants U.S. Missionary Prosecuted in Virginia

By Nontobeko Mlambo

Johannesburg — Missionary Renee Bach, who runs a local non-governmental organisation called Serving His Children in eastern Uganda, is being accused of representing herself as a doctor, and treating children in her care. She allegedly took children with malnutrition from local hospitals to "treat" them at her organisation - and some of them died.

Gimbo Zubeda and Kakai Rose from Masese in Jinja District alongside civil society organisation, Women's Probono Initiative, are suing Bach for the actions they allege led to the death of their children while in her care.

The two women say that they were led to believe that Renee Bach was a medical doctor and that her home was a medical facility as she was often seen wearing a white coat, a stethoscope and often administered medications to children in her care. They say they learned that Bach had no training at all in medicine after their children died. They also found out that in 2015, the District Health Officer had closed her facility and ordered her to not offer any treatment to any children.

So how then did an American missionary without any medical qualification end up allegedly performing medical procedures and giving treatment to children even after her facility was ordered to shut down?

Uganda, United States of America

Jogellenesen elvettek egy kisfiút nevel?szüleit?l, és nem mondták meg, miért

They illegally took a little boy from his foster parents and did not tell him why

In August last year, a two-and-a-half-year-old boy was taken from his foster parents for reasons not yet clear. The child had been raised since he was nine days old, and according to his foster father, it had become a real little miracle. The prosecution found that there had been a number of offenses against foster parents by the guardianship authority and the child protection service, but the little boy was still unable to return to his usual environment.

Lacika was born in March 2016, and at the age of nine she was placed in temporary care by the territorially competent guardianship office, so the little boy was taken to his foster parents, Éva and Andras. Lacika was born with only 2 kilograms, kidney disease, nervous system problems, but her condition gradually improved, she communicated well by the age of two and a half, she already knew a few English words, she was an interested little boy. His father served his prison sentence, and his mother visited him only occasionally, but these occasions became less and less rare until the relationship was completely severed. However, a close relationship developed between the little boy and the foster parents, so the couple indicated that they wanted to adopt Lacika. That's when their calvary began.

The names in the article have been changed in order to protect the rights of those concerned and the young child as fully as possible.

On March 2, 2018, Évék wrote to the county child protection center and regional child protection specialist service (Do It) asking them to examine their suitability for adoption. Their application was forwarded to another county, where the child protection guardian is employed.

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Omkar, an orphan child came to Shreevatsa when he was 11 days old weighing a meager 2.5kg. He was diagnosed with Transposition of Great Arteries, Ventricular Septal Defect, Patent Ductus Arteriousand Juxtaposed Right Atrial Appendage.

He was recommended a high-risk artial switch surgery for his survival. However, he needed to weigh minimum 5kgs to undergo surgery. With special efforts and proper nutritional care, he became strong enough and the surgery was successful. After surgery, he is recuperating well at Shreevatsa.

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Md. Azizul Alam is the National Project Director (NPD) of Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project and an Additional Secretary of Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh. He is the focal point for social protection, coordinate financing SSNPs, gender budget report, support disability, child focused budgeting.

 

Dr. Md. Ferdous Hossain is the Executive Director (ED) of Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) Project, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance.In 1988 he joined in BCS administrative cadre as Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate. He has vast experience as Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate, Assistant Commissioner (Land), Nazaratte Deputy Collector (NDC) in the field administration. He has been working in different capacities like, Assistant Secretary, Senior Assistant Secretary, and Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Water Resources, Economic Relations Division, Finance Division, and Ministry of Science ICT. He has also working experience as Deputy Director in the Deepening Mid-Term Budgetary Framework (DMTBF) Project under the Finance Division and in the Basic Literacy Project under the Ministry of Primary and Mass-education. He has worked as a national consultant in Deepening Mid-Term Budgetary Framework (DMTBF) Project of Finance Division and Strengthening Land Management in Bangladesh of the Ministry of Land. Dr. Ferdous completed Ph. D form the Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS), University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh in 2005. He obtained BSS (Hons) and  MSS  in International Relations from University of Dhaka  in 1982 and 1983 respectively and Post Graduate Diploma in Development and Planning from the Academy of Planning and Development, Bangladesh in 1998. He has also received several national and international training from different institutions.

ataurMd. Ataur Rahman is the Deputy Director of Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) Project, Finance Division, Ministry of Finance. He obtained a BSc Ag (Hons) and an MSc in Agriculture from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymenshing and Post Graduate Diploma in Good Governance. He has also got different types of national and international training from different institutions. He has long experience in the field administration. He has been working in the field administration as well as different ministries in different capacity like Assistant Commissioner & Magistrate, Assistant Commissioner (Land), Revenue Deputy Collector (RDC), Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Senior Assistant Secretary, Deputy Director (DMTBF) Project, Deputy Director (Basic Literacy) Project and Deputy Secretary.

Siddiqur Rahman ChoudhurySiddiqur Rahman Choudhury is working as a Team Leader of Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project. He is a former Secretary of Ministry of Finance of Bangladesh. Mr. Choudhury held many important positions during his service to the Government of Bangladesh. Currently, he works also as a Director and Member of Social Marketing Company (SMC) of Bangladesh.

moinMoin Chowdhury is the Project Manager for Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project. Previously he has managed the finances and administration of DfID-Bangladesh’s flagship, award-winning extreme poverty reduction intervention, The Chars Livelihoods Programme Phase 2 (CLP2 £82.7M) as the Finance Director. Moin began his career as an officer in the Bangladesh Army. During his time in the Army, he was assigned as the Operations Officer at the Forces Headquarters of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) in 2001. Moin has an MBA from CASS Business School, City University, London in his credit. Besides MBA, he also achieved Masters of Defence Studies (MDS) degree from the Defence Services Command and Staff College in Bangladesh.

manzoorMd. Manzoor Alam Bhuiyan is a Social Protection Specialist (SPS) for the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) Project. He Obtained an MSS in Economics, MBA and LLB Degree. He has vast experience in the field administration. He has also got different types of national and international training from different institutions. He has been working in the field administration as well as different ministries in different capacity like Assistant Commissioner & Magistrate, Assistant Commissioner (Land), Nezarat Deputy Collector (NDC), Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Deputy Commissioner (DC), Deputy Secretary and joint Secretary.

A K M ShamsuddinA.K.M Shamsuddin is currently working for the Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) Project of the Finance Division as Social Protection Specialist (SPS) of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education (MOPME). He is a retired Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh and worked as Secretary of the Ministry of Primary and Mass education. After retirement from government service in 2007, he worked in some very import projects of the GOB as a consultant. He also worked directly with different development partners as a consultant. He worked in the diplomatic circle also and was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Kenya.

abdul-matinMd. Abdul Matin Chowdhury is currently working as a Social Protection Specialist for Ministry of Education under Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project. He had been working for a long time in the field of poverty alleviation, income generation, self-employment, education, skill development, gender issues, disaster management, administration of land and criminal justice and management of labour migration. He previously worked for the Government of Bangladesh in different capacities at the field and the policy levels.

Kazi Ariful Huda is currently working as a Social Protection Specialist for Ministry of Social Welfare (MoSW) under the Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project. He has more than thirty years’ experience in multi-sectoral development project management and technical assistance in the area of Social Protection and development programs. He also provided consultancy services as National Consultant at the World Bank, DSS of MoSW, National Consultant of Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, ILO, SDC, UN Women and IOM, UNICEF, GTZ, Comic Relief UK, Boom NL, AKF UK, CRI UK, CARE International, DAM UK, BRAC etc. He previously worked with a number of INGOs and national NGOs such as SC Australia, Tere des Hommes NL, Concern Worldwide etc.

Md Golam MoulaMd. Golam Moula is currently working as the Finance Manager of Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) Project. Moula is an accounting professional working in development field last 24 years in line with finance, administrative and HR management in Bangladesh. He is a master degree holder in accounting with CA course completed. He worked as the managerial position in different international development agencies likes; Save the Children-USA, Concern Worldwide-Ireland, Room to Read-USA and many other organizations. Moula has highly professional experience and strong skill in the field of finance and administrative works.

Tania Islam Sara is working as the National Communication Specialist of Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) Project. She has over nine years of experience in communications, brand management, events management, media campaigns, and market communications. She has extensive knowledge and experience in working with various development organizations and private sector firms around Bangladesh.  Tania has a proven track record of organizing high profile events for clients, having won several awards for her creative supervision of numerous launch campaigns while working at Carrot Communications Ltd., a sister concern of Market Access Group. Her experience spans a rare gamut of acquired expertise due to working for leading organizations in both the private and development sectors – for instance Unilever Bangladesh Limited and Maxwell Stamp PLC. Prior to the SPFMSP Project, Tania has worked for Community Legal Services (CLS) Bangladesh Programme as a Communications and Knowledge Management Specialist, and also for the world’s largest NGO BRAC as a Communications and Documentation Manager for one of their core programmes called Community Empowerment Programme (CEP). Academically, Tania obtained an Advanced Certificate in Business Administration (ACBA) in 2014, under Management Development Program (MDP) of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, with distinction. She also has an Executive Masters of Business Administration, EMBA degree with distinction from North South University, obtained in 2013 with a Major in Marketing. Tania did her Bachelor of Computer Science with a Minor in Business from BRAC University in 2006.

Justus OgunaJustus O. Oguna – a successful and talented IT Consultant with extensive experience in ICT including System Analysis, Design and Development, Project Management, Technical Documentation, Web Development, Systems Administration, Systems Training, Systems Support and Maintenance and vast Internet Technologies experience. He has more than 6 years’ experience in reviewing and developing MIS for Social Protection having worked in Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Somaliland and now in Bangladesh social protection programmes as MIS Consultant.

A B M Salah Uddin Sarker is currently working as a National MIS Coordinator for the SPFMSP Project. He has more than 14 years of experiences in the field of Information Technology specializing in Design and Development of MIS, IT Project management, IT application development and maintenance, business process development and implementation of information systems especially NID System. He successfully worked as a MIS and Database Consultant, managed IT unit in various projects both in the public and private sectors, funded by World Bank, UN, GOB and other donors. He coordinated with a many number of stakeholders of different organizations for different types of partner services and implemented different services and API. He is an Oracle Certified Expert (OCE) and Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). He also has received several national and international training from different institutions.

Md. Ahsan Habib is currently working as a Maintenance Engineer for the SPFMSP Project. He has more than 19 years of experience in the field of Information Technology specialising in Network System and Server Solution, Power Management and Maintenance and web Development.He has depth knowledge in PHP, MySQL, HTML, Joomla, Word Press, RDBMS, Java EE, Windows Server, Microsoft Exchange, and Red Hat System Administration. He also has knowledge on   server hardware including rack mounted, blade server, and server administrations. He has working experience with government financial management projects especially in Ministry of Finance Bangladesh funded by DFID, World Bank, Aus Aid, and GoB. He successfully worked in various projects RIBEC, FMRP, FSMU, DMTBF, PEMS and SPFMSP. He graduated in Computer Science and Engineering from Asian University of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

Naila Karim Chowdhury is currently working as a programmer for the Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project. She has more than 11 years of experience in the field of Information Technology specialising Network and Communication, Web Development, End User Support, and Asset Management. She has knowledge on ISO, CMMI Level3 Documentation, Cisco, PHP, MySQL, Web Development framework (MVC, Joomla), RDBMS, Java EE, Windows 2012 Server and Microsoft Exchange 2013, Red Hat System Administration, Police Information Management System (ERP). She successfully worked for 5 years as an ICT Management Officer in different UNDP projects funded by DFID, World Bank, Aus Aid, GoB, and other donors. She also has worked for financial projects of DMTBF, PEMS, and joint-venture company. She graduated in Computer Science and Engineering from University of Science and Technology, Chittagong in 2004.

Md. Sajidur Rahman is currently working as a programmer for the Strengthening Public Financial Management for Social Protection (SPFMSP) project. He has more than 6 years of experiences in the field of Information Technology specialising in design and development of MIS, business process analysis and design, development and implementation of information systems especially in Govt. and Non-Govt. organisations. He has experience in ISO, CMMI Level3 Documentation, JAVA EE, Android, ASP.NET, Java Spring framework, Hibernate, Bootstrap, Angular JS 1, Angular JS 4, Oracle, MSSQL SERVER, MySQL, Web Server (JBoss, Tomcat), Web Service (REST, SOAP), and different web development frameworks like (MVC, larval, joomla etc.), Red Hat System Administration. He post-graduated in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and published his thesis on ‘Big Data Analysis and Data Mining Field’ in IEEE Explore.

kavimDr. Kavim V. Bhatnagar is a Social Protection Economist. He has an in in-depth knowledge and broad based experience in designing, developing and articulating inclusive pension systems in developing countries like India, Nepal, Bangladesh (Ongoing), Rwanda, Cambodia etc. and has vast experience of implementing inclusive contributory and co contributory pensions for the poor in India. A specialist in development economics, social protection, social security and inclusive growth, he brings to the table a unique combination of an ex Indian civil servant (voluntarily retired in 2012) with a broad canvas on strengthening public financial management in social protection policy and strategy; a researcher and a writer, a consultant on PFM pension reforms and social protection and implementer of inclusive pension reforms –formal and informal sector. His achievements include Micro Pension Innovation in India including designing, innovating, testing, rolling out and implementing individual account based co/contributory micro pensions for the working poor and labour classes. An MBA and a PhD in Management (Pension Economics) he is well accomplished with vast research, consulting and implementation experience and has written extensively on inclusive finance, pension and development sector in refereed journals; presented several research papers at national and international conferences and has made substantial impact on Public Policy Domain and Governance. He is also a visiting faculty at the South Africa based Economic Policy and Research Institute (EPRI), National Academy for Training and Research in Social Security, Ministry of Labour, Government of India; Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) Bangalore (IIMB), Indore (IIMI), Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and has rendered consultancy on projects to the ADB, DFID, KfW, UNDP, World Bank, etc.

Naheed Sultana is working as a Social Protection Specialist for Capacity Development & Institution Building with SPFMSP Project of Maxwell Stamp Plc. in Bangladesh. Her professional responsibility with MSP relates with Assessment of capacity and learning needs of GoB officials who are working with Social Protection Program in Bangladesh. She coordinates study visits and other national and international capacity building events for GoB officials, planning and delivery of training events, network training and workshops. Organizing logistics of internal and external SPFMSP training events including liaising with external training providers, arranging suitable venues, publicity and delegates bookings, answering delegate queries, monitor attendance, assist in creating a working registration through intranet and dealing with any problems which might arise. Support/manage the production of seminars and conferences. She evaluates effectiveness of capacity building interventions through feedback from participants, measures impact through various research methods. Naheed Sultana has over 20 years of experience as a Training Specialist. She worked in that capacity for International Fertilizer Development Center, Counterpart International, and Academy for Educational Development, Plan International, PRIP Trust, Save the Children (USA), and BRAC. She has obtained a Master’s in Education from Queen’s University in Canada and a Masters in Social Work from Rajshahi University in Bangladesh. Core areas of her interests are but not limited to broadly Capacity building and mainstreaming gender in the organization. She has professional knowledge on, gender analysis, gender audit, client needs assessment, design & implement gender awareness training, gender policy formulation & monitoring of implementation, integration of gender in program planning, steps against gender-based violence, writing report, appraise proposal & organization review.

Neda Shakiba Moore
SPFMSP Project Coordinator
Maxwell Stamp

 

 

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Child adoption process to speed up

TEHRAN – Child adoption process being piloted in Tehran will speed up, Darioush Bayatnejad, Tehran province welfare organization director has said.

Currently, some 2,800 applicants are awaiting adoption process, most of whom are parents not having children or intending to foster a child, he added.

The website will be soon operational nationwide, he highlighted, Mehr reported on Tuesday.

Among these applicants, some tend to foster children who suffer from different diseases to help them with treatment processes and costs, he noted.

He went on to say that applicants will be assessed to have required qualifications, then they will be on the waiting list to adopt the child, which is going to get faster, so the children sooner join a family to grow in a proper place.

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Member Organizations Member organizations in the Network for the Child Convention The following 47 organizations are members of the Network for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. If your organization wants to become a member, email your application to info@barnkonventionen.se. We would love to be more!

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