Fatherphobia and the Everyday Sexism of Mother Superior
Let’s imagine the pre-Christmas scene at the Guardian HQ. The festive season is a particularly painful time of year for separated fathers, so wouldn’t it be good if we as a responsible, campaigning newspaper, covered their plight and the pain felt by hundreds of thousands of families this Christmas. If only. Now imagine for a […]
I Have Not Seen My Son Since Christmas Day 2008 – by Pat Lyons
Merry Christmas Everybody. Christmas can be a sad time for many, recounting the loss of a loved one during the year or at this time of the season. For many fathers the sadness may be another equally difficult situation where you cannot see your child because you are being obstructed by the other parent, be […]
Letter to Judge Markanza Cudby
I rarely comment on the institutional depravity on display in the family courts, but your barrel scraping performance as Deputy District Judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division (PRFD) yesterday demands a response. I have witnessed and heard tens of thousands of such accounts about the PRFD, but there is nothing quite like […]
Wednesday 24th July 2013 – The Evening Standard: Join Royal Fathers4justice
THE EVENING STANDARD: JOIN ROYAL FATHERS4JUSTICE “DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS Hang on! Why isn’t it called Fathercare? Why isn’t it called the paternity section? So sexist. Join Royal Fathers 4 Justice.” http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/royal-baby-ones-guide-to-holding-the-royal-baby-a-manual-for-modern-fatherhood-8729530.html
Art Protest News Review, 13th – 16th June 2013
Why would a dad deface the Queen of England? http://goodmenproject.com/international-mens-movement/why-would-a-dad-deface-the-queen-of-england/ “Fathers4Justice have just set back dads’ rights by decades.” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/fatherhood/10120963/Fathers-Day-Fathers4Justice-have-just-set-back-fathers-rights-by-decades.html Matt O’Connor’s Blog Response http://father4justice.wordpress.com/2013/06/16/fathers-day-2013-the-extremists-for-love/ http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/14/fathers4justice-tim-haries-queen_n_3441137.html 15TH JUNE 2013 Daily Star: Ban for Queen Rap Dad http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/320468/Ban-for-Queen-rap-dad/ 14TH JUNE 2013 Channel 4 News: Have Fathers 4 Justice actually achieved anything? http://www.channel4.com/news/fathers-4-justice-queen-portrait-buckingham-palace BBC News: […]
F4J Statement Ref Caroline Nokes MP 29/4/13
F4J STATEMENT REF CAROLINE NOKES MP 29/4/13 Before the 2010 general election, Caroline Nokes, the Conservative candidate for Romsey and Southampton North, made a series of personal commitments to reform family law. Those commitments were made to Fathers4Justice in a joint statement here: http://romsey.conservativesintouch.com/news/216/ The public announcement was made here: Daily Echo Caroline Nokes was […]
A Letter of Hope
By Paul Vincent, Toronto, Canada I just want to say thank you to both Matt & Nadine and all the others in F4J. Your fight is not just nationally. You are by far the one and only force for fathers & children’s rights worldwide. I look up to you and want to support you any […]
Letter from Matt O’Connor for the Children and Families Bill Committee
Wednesday 21st November 2012 Mr Nick Walker Clerk, Justice Committee House of Commons London SW1P 3JA Email: [email protected] SUBMISSION REF PRE-LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BILL Dear Nick, Thank you for your letter of 20th November 2012. We approached Steve Brine MP who sits on the committee to ask that we could specifically […]
Richard Castle’s Story – Missing Jennifer
Richard Castle is 45 and lives in Croydon. He is train driver/instructor and has campaigned with F4J since 2003. This is his story, in his own words. I have a daughter, Jennifer, whom I have not seen for 12 years now. Jennifer turned 18 on the 4th of July this year, 2012. Like I have […]
Public Support for Fathers4justice
In a 2011 poll for the Conservative Party, Fathers4Justice came 3rd in list of publicly supported campaign groups in the UK, just a few points behind Greenpeace and Amnesty International, organisations which have been in existence for over 40 years with multi-million pound campaign budgets. http://www.noiseofthecrowd.com/greenpeace-the-taxpayers-alliance-and-fathers-4-justice/
