June 2025, Spain/Latin America: CHIP joined important training and awareness-raising activities

CHIP is very pleased to have been amongst experts and persons with lived experiences, who are sharing their views and life stories in a podcast series on adoption broadcast by the research group AFIN, based in Barcelona. This series of podcast dialogues – called ‘(Re)imaginando la adopción’ and led by Dr Irene Salvo Agoglia, a researcher at AFIN and the Autonomous University of Barcelona – addresses important issues, including identity, origins, adoptive parenthood, the place of families of origin and professional approaches to adoption from a multidisciplinary perspective. These sessions are available in Spanish on Spotify and iVoox under the title ‘Conversaciones AFINes’.

Furthermore, CHIP also delivered the first eight-hour session of a Latin American-wide Diploma on adoption, held remotely by Fundacion América por la Infancia, an academic partner, which focuses on providing multidisciplinary specialist training on child-related issues. With over 30 students joining, the session allowed for knowledge sharing as well as constructive dialogue with professionals and families keen to learn more on adoption in their respective countries and the region.

CHIP is very grateful for the invitation to join these innovative efforts aimed at raising awareness, reflecting on developments and disseminating information on adoption in the current context.

See: Conversaciones AFINes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2ihBE7iyZunSGZIphan8DD; Conversaciones AFINes on iVoox: https://www.ivoox.com/perfil-conversaciones-afines_a8_listener_32811926_1.html; Fundacion América por la Infancia, https://www.americaporlainfancia.com.