F4J campaign is the ‘Big Picture’ in Third Sector Magazine
The Fathers4Justice #SOSManDown campaign was the ‘Big Picture’ in the January/February edition of Third Sector magazine this year. This is what they said about the campaign: The campaign group Fathers4Justice staged a series of stunts about the high rates of suicide, alcoholism and what it called ‘“fatherlessness” suffered by men over the winer months. The […]
School Shootings: Dr Warren Farrell says ‘fatherlessness’ is main cause
Following the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, where seventeen people were killed, men and boys advocate, Dr Warren Farrell, has said that the biggest problem that leads to school shootings is fatherlessness. Speaking to Free The People, Farrell says that most shooters are dad deprived boys with either minimal involvement with dads, or no […]
Volunteers required for men’s health project
A media agency is looking for men to play the role of sons, brothers and fathers in a men’s health project on the streets of London, Edinburgh and Dublin in November. They are looking for men aged 18-22, 22-30, 40-50 and 60+, from all backgrounds including black and Muslim men. The role will be cold […]
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. […]
The Sun: Fathers4Justice back Jeremy McConnell
THE FOUNDER of Fathers4Justice has backed Jeremy McConnell in his plight to find out if he is the dad of his ex-girlfriend’s baby. Speaking exclusively to The Sun online, Matt O’Connor, the founder of Fathers4Justice said that Jeremy “needs to stand up for his rights AND the rights of the child.” He said: “Stephanie Davis […]
The Sun: ‘For too long the men’s health crisis has been taboo’
By Peter Lloyd To mark International Men’s Day, we highlight the tell-tale signs your man is reaching breaking point – and highlight some of the possible causes behind it. Needless to say, these problems can affect any man at any age. Something Matt O’Connor, founder of Fathers4Justice, knows all too well. He suffered depression when […]
Dads will be frozen out by new Sperm App say Fathers4Justice
Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor spoke on Channel5’s The Wright Stuff this morning to say that a new app allowing women to browse for sperm donors on their mobile phones reduces fathers to the status of ‘sperm banks’. The app from London Sperm Bank Donors lets women browse men by a series of characteristics including height, ethnicity and […]
