International Men’s Day: 72% of public want a Minister For Men
A new poll for Fathers4Justice on International Men’s Day has found that 72% of the public who expressed an opinion want a Minister For Men. When it came to the treatment of men by the family courts, almost 1 in 4 of the public knew several or many fathers treated unfairly by the family courts. […]
F4J Father’s Day letter to Prime Minister calls for help for male victims of domestic abuse and for contact denial & parental alienation to be made criminal offences
Campaign group Fathers4Justice have sent a Father’s Day letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling on him to make contact denial and parental alienation criminal offences, and to raise concerns about institutional discrimination against men, especially in the area of domestic abuse where 1 in 3 victims are male. The group called for the government […]
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 […]
George Kay died of a broken heart
George Kay died of a broken heart. He was broken-hearted after being denied access to his beloved daughter Dylan-Jorge (DJ) by his ex Kerry Katona. Both George and Kerry had well documented mental health and drug issues, however she was treated very differently in a way which illustrates the way society supports mothers, and abandons […]
ComRes/Fathers4Justice survey: one third of dads won’t see their kids this Father’s Day
A third of dads (37 per cent) will not see their children on Father’s Day according to a major new poll from ComRes which was commissioned by Fathers4Justice. It is the first comprehensive survey of public attitudes to fatherlessness and the family justice system undertaken in the UK. When asked whether they, or someone they […]
Up to 1 in 3 men could become infertile after sperm counts drop by 60%
The men’s health crisis – routinely ignored by the government and politicians – continues unabated today with alarming news that sperm counts among men have more than halved in the last 40 years. The latest findings reveal that between 1973 and 2011, the concentration of sperm in the ejaculate of men in western countries has […]
The ‘agony’ of being a 50/50 mother? Oh please. It’s called equality – and fathers deserve their share just as much as women
Stand By Your Manhood author Peter Lloyd hits back at mums upset with 50/50 access. ‘The idea of equality seems to have come as a shock to some mothers,’ says Matt O’Connor, who founded Fathers4Justice in 2001 and, 15 years on, is still battling to get equal parenting for both parents enshrined in law. Just […]
George Galloway to address crisis of fatherlessness at public meeting
Respect London Mayoral Candidate George Galloway will raise the issues of gang crime and fatherlessness at a public meeting on Wednesday 27th April at the King Solomon Academy, NW1. The meeting – which includes Matt O’Connor from Fathers4Justice, ex EastEnders star Mo George and Irish writer John Waters – follows the death of Myron Isaac […]
Fathers4Justice condemn Scottish ‘Hate Male’ Adverts
Fathers4Justice today condemned adverts by Children’s Hearings Scotland as discriminatory and anti-father and urged supporters to contact the organistion to ask them to withdraw the adverts with immediate effect. You can contact Children’s Hearings Scotland here: Website: http://www.chscotland.gov.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHScotland One poster shows a man in a kitchen about to beat his child. Another shows a man […]
Jeremy Corbyn opposes equal rights for dads
Despite being presented as a radical candidate for the Labour leadership, Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition to shared parenting is as depressing as it is predictable. Women only carriages trump 4 million fatherless kids every time. While other Labour MP’s like David Lammy, David Blunkett and Frank Field signed Early Day Motion 210 supporting shared parenting in […]
