Article
Child adoption and war: ‘Living disappeared’ children and the social worker’s post-conflict role in El Salvador and Argentina
International Social Work
(2014)
Abstract
The illegal removal of children from biological family life during conflict has a longstanding history. Briefly overviewed are the Vietnam Babylift and a more recent child abduction attempt in Chad. Then, turning to the history of child abduction and adoption history in Latin America, the conflicts of El Salvador and Argentina are presented and ‘living disappeared’ children – those who disappear into adoption networks during war – are discussed. The post-conflict social realities in both nations are explored. The role of the social worker and specific practices are identified and discussed in context of generalist social work practice.
Keywords
- Argentina,
- child adoption,
- El Salvador,
- generalist practice,
- intercountry adoption,
- post-conflict
Disciplines
Publication Date
2014
DOI
10.1177/0020872812454314
Citation Information
Karen Smith Rotabi. "Child adoption and war: ‘Living disappeared’ children and the social worker’s post-conflict role in El Salvador and Argentina" International Social Work Vol. 57 Iss. 2 (2014) p. 169 - 180 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/karen-rotabi/27/