children's rights;
cultural perspectives;
domestic adoptions;
Kenya child welfare;
kinship care;
ADOPTED-CHILDREN;
KINSHIP;
D O I:
10.1111/cfs.12365
中图分类号:
D669 [社会生活与社会问题];
C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号:
1204 ;
摘要:
Over 2 million children are cared for in kinship care in Kenya, and approximately 100,000 are believed to be living in residential care centres. Under leading international policy instruments ratified and domesticated by Kenya, domestic adoption is considered an option to be promoted and regulated in ensuring children's right to family-based care. In this qualitative study, the authors interviewed 21 participants regarding the cultural and social contexts of domestic adoption in Kenya. Common beliefs and attitudes reflect a misunderstanding of the legal implications of adoption, the centrality of lineage as a vehicle for defining family membership and inheritance, and strong stigma regarding infertility. Main barriers to adoption include fear of exposing infertility, worry about corrupt practices, and reluctance to grant full inheritance rights to a child unrelated by blood. Despite these challenges, some couples are adopting to fulfil their desire for a child, as an expression of charity, and in some cases for practical reasons such as obtaining insurance for a kin child. The authors recommend placing children in adoption only with proper preparation and ethical procedures and suggest long-term approaches to promoting adoptions that will ensure full rights of family membership for the child.
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SUNY Upstate Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Syracuse, NY USA
SUNY Buffalo, Sch Med & Biomed Sci, Dept Psychiat, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA
BryLin Hosp, Buffalo, NY USASUNY Upstate Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Syracuse, NY USA
Gupta, Sanjay
Rossignol, Daniel A.
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Int Child Dev Resource Ctr, Melbourne, FL USASUNY Upstate Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Syracuse, NY USA
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Univ Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto Coll Nursing, Dept Psychiat Nursing & Human Sci, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, BrazilUniv Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto Coll Nursing, Dept Psychiat Nursing & Human Sci, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Lacchini, Riccardo
Tanus-Santos, Jose E.
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Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med Ribeirao Preto, Dept Pharmacol, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, BrazilUniv Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto Coll Nursing, Dept Psychiat Nursing & Human Sci, BR-14049 Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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Univ Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, AustraliaUniv Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia
Reade, Michael C.
Warrillow, Stephen J.
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Univ Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, AustraliaUniv Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia
Warrillow, Stephen J.
Myburgh, John A.
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George Inst Int Hlth, Div Crit Care & Trauma, Sydney, NSW 2050, AustraliaUniv Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia
Myburgh, John A.
Bellomo, Rinaldo
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Univ Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, AustraliaUniv Melbourne, Austin Hosp, Dept Intens Care Med, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia