No-Fault Divorce Law will create a ‘Fraud of the Rings’
Pressure group, Fathers4Justice (F4J), will follow up a protest at St Paul’s Cathedral this week, with the launch a new advertising campaign on the London Underground this week. It will urge men to boycott marriage and avoid what they call the ‘deadly divorce trap’ created by new no-fault divorce laws to be introduced on 6th […]
Opinion Matters / F4J COVID-19 Survey: Heartbreak of forgotten fathers in lockdown
An Opinion Matters survey of separated parents for shared-parenting organisation Fathers4Justice (F4J) has shown how COVID-19 restrictions are having a devastating impact on separated families, especially fathers. The survey of 1,006 separated parents across the UK was conducted between 1st – 8th February 2021 and found the following: * On average fathers went nearly 3 […]
F4J say violence against men ‘is ignored’ ahead of International Men’s Day
Britain does not take domestic violence against men seriously, campaigners allege. The story has been featured on Sky News and in the Sunday Express. Fathers4Justice say “truly horrifying” research has exposed a lack of refuges for men and too few schemes to tackle male suicide. F4J contacted more than 400 councils. Just five so far […]
The Mother Of All Hypocrisy
Fathers4Justice ‘target women online’. So tweeted Guardian journo Hadley Freeman on Sunday. Fathers4Justice are ‘exploiting two toddlers in a photo for International Women’s Day to promote their organisation’ she claimed in a follow up tweet. Yes, hell hath no fury like a feminist Guardian journalist, who spent much of her Sunday afternoon obsessively tweeting about […]
How Fathers4Justice started in sleepy Shropshire
By Andy Richardson For a little while, it was the most influential guerrilla campaign in the world. Fathers 4 Justice made nightly headlines as dads dressed as superheroes stormed Parliament, gatecrashed Buckingham Palace and highlighted the plights of fathers who were banned from seeing their children. And remarkably, the nerve centre for that campaign was […]
Push to change Father’s Day to ‘Special Persons’ Day so kids without dads aren’t offended
An early childhood activist in Australia wants Father’s Day to be renamed ‘Special Person’s Day’. Dr Red Ruby Scarlet is pushing for the annual day on the first Sunday in September to be renamed so children without fathers aren’t offended. The news comes as Fathers4Justice revealed a UK charity refused to take part in a […]
Fathers4Justice call on Mothercare to review brand name
Fathers4Justice have written to Mothercare CEO Mark Newton-Jones calling on the store to review the use of its brand name and to consider replacing it with “Parentcare”, “Babycare” or similar. Mothercare have not responded to the letter dated 9th August, or a separate letter calling on the store to withdraw the “My K” brand by […]
The Telegraph: Why Mothercare needs to change its name, for the good of all parents
by Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice Back in the last century, when labour was predicated on biology, men had strength and toiled in the fields, and women gave birth and raised children. Today, in our so-called age of equality, these prehistoric stereotypes, transformed by technological revolution, are shadows of our past, not beacons for our future. […]
Revealed: How HM Courts used fabricated claims against Fathers4Justice
Fathers4Justice today disclosed confidential court documents from Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Services (HMCTS) which reveal how the courts have used fabricated claims to smear and discredit the campaign group. The documents were disclosed as part of a Judicial Review brought by F4J founder Matt O’Connor after Aldershot Magistrates Court excluded the public from his […]
Fathers4Justice Father’s Day Press Summary
Ahead of Father’s Day 2017, F4J launched a range of Father’s Day “Reality Cards”, covertly placed onto retailers shelves by activists. F4J founder Matt O’Connor did a number of national interviews and comment pieces highlighting the plight of separated dads in the UK and Ireland. Watch our launch video here: Read about our Father’s Day “Reality […]
