Rob Williams writes in the Guardian about the practice at Basildon hospital of excluding fathers to be from ultrasound scans. He suspect[s] that the policy to exclude men from the scanning room is rooted in a belief that men are not important to the process of bringing a baby into the world. Whilst I sympathise [...]
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Dads-to-be excluded from ultrasound scans
Posted in equality, tagged discrimination, domestic violence, equality, funny, odd or interesting, pregnancy on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Musings on new fangled equality
Posted in equality, tagged contact, discrimination, equal opportunities, equal rights, equality, fathers, parenting, rants, residence on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Just a thought. I’m not trying to be controversial or nuffing. But it did occur to me today that whilst the clamour for a presumption of equal parenting is all well and good (I agree its a solution that should be given serious consideration in most cases, but not that this should be elevated to [...]
Creche Course
Posted in equality, tagged childcare, equal opportunities, equality, family, motherhood on June 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was disappointed to read in the Guardian this week that the campaign for a Creche in the Inns of Court for the children of barristers has STILL not got through and sounds as if it may get turned down on costs grounds. . A bunch of women were trying to get this off the [...]
Fatherhood Season
Posted in equality, tagged equality, fatherhood on June 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The BBC is running a Fatherhood Season starting on Monday at 9pm with A Century of Fatherhood (BBC4). More information here and here. All interesting stuff; nothing it seems dealing with single or separated fathers.
F4J Relaunch
Posted in equality, tagged campaigns, children, equality, family court system, fathers, reform on June 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Pootling around on the internet in the light of this weeks horse painting shennanigans I came across Matt O’Connor’s new blog Father4Justice, the new F4J website (be warned, it looks nice but plays annoying music which won’t turn off) and facebook group for the recently relaunched Fathers 4 Justice. Matt O’Connor’s first substantive blog post explaining [...]
Right to education for children of migrant workers
Posted in cases, equality, resources, tagged benefits, cases, education, equality, housing, resources on May 19, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Nearly Legal flags up new guidance following two judgments in the European Court concerning the rights of the children of migrant workers to education. This is important because where the right exists the parent and primary carer of the child will be entitled to benefits and homelessness assistance that they might otherwise not have been [...]
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