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Supporting international adoption of children

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The South Korean government introduced the quota system in 1996 after news media and politicians began calling overseas adoptions a disgrace to then affluent South Korea. From a high of 8,000 a year during the 1980s, only 2,057 Korean children were adopted abroad in 1997. The economic crisis of 1997/8 greatly increased the number of broken homes and abandoned children. International adoption agencies are now working to reverse the official policy and relieve the overflowing children's homes.

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Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

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Database
Global strategies
Type
(E) Emanations of other strategies
Subject
  • Society » Infants
  • Society » Maternity, paternity
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Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024