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The Blokes’ Book

June 16, 2012
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The Blokes’ Book

The Blokes' Book is a directory of services available to men across a broad range of health and wellbeing areas including crisis services, relationships, fathering, eating right, being active, weight control, alcohol and drug use, preventable dise...
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Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak: Art Dako Exhibition (male-only cancers)

June 16, 2012
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Rotary Club of Orange Daybreak: Art Dako Exhibition (male-only cancers)

The Rotary Ciub of Orange Daybreak (RCOD) is organising an exhibition on the evening of Friday, 14 and all day Saturday, 15 September 2012, at Orange Function Centre, Eyles St Orange. The aim of this exhibition is to raise awareness of testicular and p...
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Men’s health report highlights what’s missing from policy

June 16, 2012
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Men’s health report highlights what’s missing from policy

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report on men’s health focuses the spotlight on widely unrecognised aspects of male health. This could mean that policy can now address men’s health in a much more holistic manner. The ...
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Fathers4Justice UK Launch Father’s Day Olympic Ad in Times Newspaper

June 16, 2012
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Fathers4Justice UK Launch Father’s Day Olympic Ad in Times Newspaper

This advertisement appeared on page 37 of the Times Newspaper. Today Fathers4Justice are holding a Father's Day Service at Trafalgar Square to protest against the secret British family courts that routinely separate children from good loving fathers. ...
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Men’s Network Wins Funding For Flagship Dads Project (UK)

June 15, 2012
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Men’s Network Wins Funding For Flagship Dads Project (UK)

The Men’s Network has won £40,000 of funding for its flagship dads project - Dads Connect – which aims to deliver our vision of making Brighton & Hove the worlds’ most father friendly city. The Dads Connect project &nd...
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KRUK: Dads needed on Father’s Day – Washington Times (USA)

June 14, 2012
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KRUK: Dads needed on Father’s Day – Washington Times (USA)

As Father's Day 2012 approaches, let’s take stock of the significance of fathers in children’s lives by examining what the child-development research tells us about the effects of father absence. There is a much more nuanced picture than t...
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Foundation 49 Men’s Health Week Survey on Accessing Health Information

June 13, 2012
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Foundation 49 Men’s Health Week Survey on Accessing Health Information

Foundation 49 is conducting a survey on Accessing Health Information.  To complete the survey go to http://www.strategyco.com.au/surveys/F49survey.htm. This survey has been designed to be completed by men.  Please let other men know about thi...
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Eating disorders on the increase for men and boys (UK)

June 13, 2012
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Eating disorders on the increase for men and boys (UK)

The number of boys and men seeking help for eating disorders is on the increase according to statistics from South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (SWLSTG).  Last year 9 per cent of our eating disorder patients at the SWLSTG s...
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New Study: Fatherly Love is a Critical Factor to a Child’s Personality Development (USA)

June 13, 2012
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New Study: Fatherly Love is a Critical Factor to a Child’s Personality Development (USA)

Father’s Day is fast approaching. Few more days to go and we will be celebrating this day with overwhelming gratitude for our dads. In a half-century study involving over 10,000 people from around the world, researchers from the University of Co...
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95% say parenting should be shared (UK)

June 13, 2012
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95% say parenting should be shared (UK)

95% of people now agree that both parents should share responsibility for bringing up children and 84% say both parents deserve equal custody rights. In response to the current shake-up of the family justice system, there is a strong consensus among B...
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Mothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed (UK)

June 13, 2012
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Mothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed (UK)

Separated parents who fail to allow their partners to maintain a proper relationship with their children could be stripped of driving licences or passports, hit with curfews, ordered to do a period of unpaid work or even jailed. Ministers will today pr...
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Video: The Men’s Network At TEDx 2012 (UK)

June 13, 2012
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Video: The Men’s Network At TEDx 2012 (UK)

The work of The Men’s Network (UK) was featured in a day of inspiring talks at The London School of Economic (LSE) to promote the development of tomorrow’s thinkers and leaders. The aim of the TEDx (LSE) event is to support a...
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Male Health Victoria Strategic Plan Released

June 13, 2012
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Male Health Victoria Strategic Plan Released

On the 8th June 2012, at the offices of Southern Health, Rob Koch launched the first Strategic Plan of Male Health Victoria. This document aims to introduce Male Health Victoria Inc (MHV) to the State Government, to various sectors including Health, Ed...
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Better Blokes Expo, Tumut NSW

June 12, 2012
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Better Blokes Expo, Tumut NSW

A FREE EVENT Men and Women living in and around Tumut are invited to a light hearted day exploring men’s health issues. With: • Stephen Carroll – “Men’s Health Specialist • John Harper – “Mate Helping Mate&...
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Sorry I took daddy – Federal Magistrate Tom Altobelli

June 7, 2012
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Sorry I took daddy – Federal Magistrate Tom Altobelli

Federal Magistrate Tom Altobelli published his decision on the court's website, ordering the boy, 11, and his sister, 6, to live with their mum and the dad's contact to be restricted to letters and birthday cards. A judge has taken the extraordinary s...
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The New Manhood – a series of extracts from Steve Biddulph’s new book

June 7, 2012
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The New Manhood – a series of extracts from Steve Biddulph’s new book

Men's Health Australia is proud to be able to present to you a series of three excerpts from Steve Biddulph's The New Manhood: The handbook for a new kind of man (with many thanks to Finch Publishing, Sydney). We will be releasing one extract per...
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