Opportunities and Challenges of the Ban of Inter-country Adoption: The Case of Selected Organizations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aseffa (PhD), Abebe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tilahun, Hiwot | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-20T08:15:16Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T12:03:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-02-20T08:15:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T12:03:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This research aims to analyze the rationale, the opportunities and challenges of the ban of inter-country adoption on a few selected organizations as a general objective. The study has specific objectives of looking into the existing child care alternatives, understanding the rationale behind the ban, assessing the opportunities and the challenges of the ban. The research was a qualitative study applying instruments of data collection such as observation, in-depth interviews and key informant interviews. The study followed exploratory research design and case study method. Although there are different types of case studies, illustrative case study type has been applied. The researcher applied both primary and secondary data sources. The study area of this research was in selected child care organizations that used to work on Inter Country Adoption (ICA) and government offices that are stakeholders in the area under study. These organizations include Sele Enat Mahiber (SEM) and Kibebe Tsehay Orphanage, Bethany Christian Services (BCS), Holt International, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MoWCYA) and Addis Ababa City Administration Bureau of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (BoWCYA). Purposive sampling was applied to select the participants of the study as the participants of this study were administrative bodies of these organizations. There were a total of twelve participants, two from each organization. The findings of this research indicated that there were a few rationales behind the ban such as challenges for follow up, identity crisis and child trafficking. The opportunities of the ban were improvement in the local childcare alternatives and clearing up implementation gaps and malpractices related to ICA. Some of the challenges of the ban were downsizing and closure of organizations and additional burden on government orphanages. The proclamation of the ban had its own limitations as well which include disregarding less developed local alternatives, lack of research and lack of exceptions. Based on the findings, the researcher has concluded that the ban on ICA should be partially ineffective and ICA should remain practical for exceptional cases. Finally, Implications for Social Work practice and policy makers have been forwarded. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/25153 | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Opportunities and Challenges of the Ban of Inter-country Adoption: the case of selected organizations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Opportunities and Challenges of the Ban of Inter-country Adoption: The Case of Selected Organizations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |