It’s LGBT adoption and fostering week.

The week encourages same sex couples and LGBT+ people including gay, bi and queer members of society to think about adoption and fostering.

Thousands of children remain in the care system. While LGBT+ rights in the UK have vastly improved in the last couple of years, stigma hasn’t entirely disappeared.

There are however, countries around the world where LGBT+ people are still criminalised.

According to a 2017 report, Iran, Sudan, and Yemen are just a few countries where homosexuality is punishable by death.

Using data from the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, Statista has created a graph to demonstrate where joint adoption is allowed, second-parent adoption and no laws allowing same-sex couples.

Picture: (Statista )

Many countries in Africa, with the exception of South Africa, and parts of Europe have no laws allowing adoption by same sex couples.