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Archive of January 2005

Violence Against Women And Role Of Media

Wed 26th January 2005:

Violence Against Women And Role Of Media By Kamala Sarup Media had still not played effective roles in minimizing domestic violence against women even, media can play a lead role in the society’s fight against violence against women. As media is the eye, ear and limbs of the society they could help a great deal […]

Custody clash father tells why

Fri 14th January 2005:

An Auckland father at the centre of an international custody dispute has told his family he is hiding with his 5-month-old daughter because of an “unfair” court decision to award custody to her mother. Police yesterday appealed for 39-year-old Stephen Paul Jelicich to contact them and hand over baby Caitlin, following a request by Interpol. […]

$873m owed in child support

Nearly $1 billion in child support is now owed by absentee parents as the number of broken families in New Zealand skyrockets. A Ministry of Social Development study estimates one in two mothers will, at some stage, raise their children alone — a trend the Government says is reflected in the $873 million owed in […]

Police appeal for baby’s return

Police are appealing to a father who has gone into hiding with his five month old baby, to give her up immediately. Baby Caitlin Jelicich was due to fly to Wales with her mother on Monday. But her father, Stephen Jelicich, 39, failed to return her as agreed after the weekend. The transfer of Caitlin […]

Divorce etiquette? These women wrote the book

Jann Blackstone-Ford and Sharyl Jupe are friends. They work for the same organization. They live just eight houses apart. Their children get along well together. They’ve also been married to the same man. Ms. Blackstone-Ford’s husband of 15 years, Larry, was first married to Ms. Jupe and is the father of her son and daughter. […]

Violence Against Women And Role Of Media

Thu 13th January 2005:

By Kamala Sarup Media had still not played effective roles in minimizing domestic violence against women even, media can play a lead role in the society’s fight against violence against women. As media is the eye, ear and limbs of the society they could help a great deal in mitigating violence against women. We have […]

Runaway girl’s father hid her – police

Fri 7th January 2005:

A Hamilton man who helped his runaway daughter elude authorities for a week may face charges, Cambridge police say. Louise Irwin, a state ward, was listed as missing on December 30, after a row with Lynette Karam-Whalley, the Cambridge hairdresser who has been her foster-mother for the past two years. After leaving Mrs Karam-Whalley’s salon, […]

More couples say ‘I don’t’ after 30 years of marriage

New Statistics New Zealand research shows the number of long-term marriages ending in divorce has risen sharply in the past decade. In 2003, 940 marriages of 30-plus years ended in divorce – 60% more than the 570 in 1993. Experts say the trend is probably driven by women with financial independence leaving their husbands after […]

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