Master Adoption: Claim Your Authentic Power
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Overseas adoption is exploitation because the commodification of children violates the natural, inherent, civil, constitutional, universal, and God-given rights of the child, which are inborn and innate and also recognized and enshrined in several state and international conventions and declarations such as at the United Nations, in the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. All humans on earth--except for adopted people--have access to the truth of their biology and ancestry. In contrast, due to continuously reformed and refined draconian adoption laws spearheaded by evangelical agencies, adopted people are deprived of such equality. No matter how the multi-billion dollar industry is refined and reformed, adoption laws are rooted in the commodification of children—and as a consequence, deprive individuals of what is innately theirs.
Master Adoption: Claim Your Authentic Power offers adopted people a rare perspective steeped in solidarity rooted in the truth of who we are.
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Janine Myung Ja was adopted from Seoul, South Korea, in 1972, which resulted in her investigation into intercountry adoption into adulthood. She curated numerous books on transracial and overseas adoption, including "Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists," "The Unknown Culture Club: Korean Adoptees, Then and Now," and "Adoption: What You Should Know." These books explore the experiences and perspectives of adopted people from various countries. The narratives also point out the challenges adopted people face, including issues related to identity, culture, and belonging.
JANINE and her twin submitted their adoption file to be examined by Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2022, along with more than three hundred Korean-born adoptees. Fifty years after her overseas adoption, Janine recently learned that her adoption was "illegal" and a "serious human rights violation."
Since 2004, Janine has written critically about the Evangelical Orphan Movement (EOM). To raise awareness of the crisis of child trafficking, which fills the adoption market, she serves as the Executive Director of Against Child Trafficking in the USA. She is adamantly opposed to the overseas child market spearheaded by missionaries who have profited from the now 20+ billion dollar Adoption and Child Welfare industry and exploited vulnerable women, children, and families globally.
Various groups have recognized her work, and she has received numerous book awards during her writing career. Janine writes about her private experiences and philosophy using her maiden adoptive name Janine Vance. To discover her past and present, visit Janinevance.com. To learn about Janine's study on the history of adoption, visit adoptionhistory.org.
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