Fathers4Justice Target ASDA Stores over ‘Sexist’ TV Ad
Press Release 7th November 2012 Campaign group Fathers4Justice (F4J) is to stage a series of protests at ASDA stores about a ‘Sexist’ TV campaign the retailer has launched in the run up to Christmas. The Advertising Standards Authority has confirmed it has received around 40 complaints about the ad which ends with the tagline “Behind […]
Daily Telegraph: Divorce blights children’s lives
No wonder Fathers4Justice don caped crusader costumes to stage high-profile protests at this system: it’s cruel and unfair. http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100188353/divorce-blights-childrens-lives-i-should-know/
Dads want Walmart ad banned
Fathers4Justice, however, objects to the portrayal of the dad in the commercial. His character is portrayed as ineffective and clueless — a typical “dumb dad http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/12/living/dumb-dad-stereotype/index.html stereotype that has become increasingly common in advertising. http://www.businessinsider.com/fathers4justice-wants-asda-christmas-ad-banned-2012-11#ixzz2BYQkiopX
Nadine O’Connor on The Voice of Russia
Discussing family law reforms. The Children’s Minister Edward Timpson is proposing new legislation to ensure judges give fathers a legal right to spend time with their children after a divorce or separation. The laws are expected to come into effect next year, despite an official review of shared parenting arrangements advising it. http://ruvr.co.uk/2012_11_07/Divorced-fathers-to-gain-legal-right-to-see-children/
F4J Accuses Government of Fraud over Shared Parenting Proposals
Fathers4Justice today said the governments so called ‘shared parenting laws’ were nothing of the sort. The group said that the impression created by the government proposals were ‘fraudulent and deceptive’ and a confidence trick that created the illusion of change whilst changing nothing except the language of injustice. The group said the government has broken […]
Family courts ignoring needs of DV victims
Fathers’ rights groups accused the report’s authors of “scaremongering” and said false accusations of abuse were often used in closed family court proceedings to prevent fathers having contact with their children. “If the abuse has been proven in a criminal court then it is a serious matter and is taken into consideration, but we see […]
Right of fathers to see children after break-up to be enshrined in law
The decision is likely to be welcomed by fathers groups, including Fathers for Justice who have launched high-profile protests such as scaling the roof of Buckingham Palace, in an attempt to draw attention to the perceived unfairness of the system. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9656507/Right-of-fathers-to-see-children-after-break-up-to-be-enshrined-in-law.html
Daily Mail: Access law change means children will have right to see both parents
Nadine O’Connor of the campaign group Fathers4Justice said: ‘The proposals are a fraud and no father should think this will give them any rights in law to see their children. This is licence for more litigation, not less.’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228410/Access-law-change-means-children-legal-right-parents-divorce.html
