I just read an article on young men in our mental health services, written by a young mans mum. Brilliant, best article in ages! It rang bells for me of countless tales I hear in a supporting role for men of all ages. There has for so long been a movement to turn our men […]
Archive of October 2006
Mental health and our Teenage boys
Be aware; be very aware when you send your boys to Mental Health. I cannot stress enough that if you find yourself working with Mental Health insist on a male Psychiatrist or Psychologist for your boys. And be present for their interviews. Do not let what I am going through be your story. I approached […]
NZ Family Violence Clearinghouse
Current Initiatives link The New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse maintains a list of current initiatives in the field of family violence prevention and intervention within Aotearoa New Zealand, including current projects, programmes, and strategies in the areas of: Services and practice; Research and evaluation; and Policy and legislation.
XY is a website focused on men?
Jim Bagnall – Family Court should follow Australia
On Newstalk 1ZB: Children’s best interests should be central Great to see a positive message getting reported straight, I hope the reporter’s job is safe. A pity they didn’t get the Father’s Coalition name correct! “…it is time to stop picking sides in custody battles and find what is best for the child.” His comments […]
Programme for Child Support Meeting
Children Banned From Playing Tag in New England
Child Support Forum.
Vikings Draw Yellow Line in Snow
From: Norway (Source not identified) Commentary: Pit Bull Via: The Honor Network (Funny, But Still Just Another Sign of the Coming Gender War) Urination Will Go to Committee A local [Norway] decision that schoolboys must sit on toilet seats when urinating has provoked political debate. The head of The Democrats Party, a splinter group of […]
To be a feminist or not?
Nobody’s Child.
The commission’s founding father, Mr Dunne, admits he had hoped the commission would be more vocal on family issues. Stuff Article. But he does not agree it has been given too wide-a-brief, or is replicating work. “We worked very hard on the definition . . . It’s important — it seems to me — for […]
EPOCH NZ
Children’s orgs urge politicians to repeal s59 Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 9:32 am Press Release: EPOCH NZ Media Release EMBARGOED until 24 October 2006 Those involved – note the charitable trusts. Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa Ahu Whakatika Challenge Violence Trust Alternatives to Violence Project (Waikato) Inc Barnardos New Zealand Brainwave Trust
Streets of Shame – John Hudson.
TVNZ 1’s program ‘Sunday’ just keeps on bringing out the truth for New Zealanders. We spend some nights on the mean and violent streets of south Auckland. Teenagers out of control and it’s a big problem for law enforcement. Why is it happening? What are the police and the local community doing about it? We […]
United Nations one-sided Study on Violence Against Women
RADAR Alert > ACTION Sought Time to Blow the Whistle on the UN Violence Report Two weeks ago the United Nations issued its one-sided Study on Violence Against Women: violenceagainstwomenstudydoc.pdf If you haven’t reviewed the report yet, think of it this way: What the Violence Against Women Act has done to families in the United […]
Youth stabbed to death in fight
Dissing Men
From: Australia Author: Jim Macnamara at Online Opinion Commentary: Intrepid Via: Honor Network Stats to Back Up What We Already Know From Experience (Use these for Reference with those in Denial) Here is a piece by a Aussie columnist showing that men’s activism has more behind it than just passion for the cause, by relating […]
Carnivorous Collins out for blood.
I wasn’t impressed with the Herald of Sunday article on child support. Judith Collins has obviously enlisted the help of some of our lame journalists, to promote her cause. Any journalist with an ounce of credibility would have had opposing views in their article. Perhaps the suggestion here is that there is no opposing point […]
Hearld / Judith Collins attack dads
? The Sunday Hearld and Auntie Judith? a at it again. So lets look at the quality of Journalism that the Sunday Herald provides in this article. Stephen Cook showcases how lamentable the quality of journalism on Child Support Tax debt actually is. —— 1) Focusing on “387 fathers” who are alleged to owe “6.3 […]
Violence and our teenagers
Tax Free Volunteers.
Mr Dunne released a discussion document setting out options, including a possible initiative to recognise the work of volunteers by giving them a tax rebate as well. The document suggests rewarding volunteers for their time by setting a nominal hourly rate which they could use to claim a tax rebate. Link:
Family Violence Courts.
Above the bottom line.
Men’s rights sites blocked
If you ever get a chance to use any of the public library’s computers around New Zealand that are free for public use you will notice that you can research anything on women’s rights and have access to any site but men’s right’s sites are being blocked as inappropriate. I wonder where else this is […]
Dalziel and Women’s Refuge
Scoop article quoting Dalziel I understand that you are also very close to concluding (or recently have concluded) a two-year contract with the Ministry of Social Development, which will give you certainty about ongoing core funding. The challenge though is to ensure that funding levels remain realistic over time. It wasn’t the justification I was […]