Stay-at-home dads are a growing legion. Photo: Getty Images
Stay-at-home dads aren't really a mystery. They're not wrapped in riddles. They shouldn't be an enigma. They are, in fact, legion. A small, undermanned legion, to be sure, but growing in stre...
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Berry, NSW South Coast 13-15 September
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Head or Heart?
As men we are genera...
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Tuesday 24 September 2013 7.00am for a 7:30am start - 9.30am National Press Club of Australia $70.00 per person
The Menslink Business Breakfast is a great opportunity for leading Canberrans to show their support for a truly local charity and a great c...
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"Mark" and "Lucy" had been together for three years, on and off, at school when, aged 16, Lucy became pregnant. Soon after, the relationship ended. "I told her I'd broken up with her but I hadn't broken up with our baby," says Mark, now 20. "Right from the beginning, I wanted to...
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Men’s Health in NSW Planning Meeting August 13 1pm – 3.30pm
Conference Room B Level 4 Ozanam Learning Centre, 99 Forbes Street Woolloomooloo
Dear MHFNSW Members and Supporters,
The NSW Ministry of Health will not be replacing the current NSW Men’s Health Action Plan with another plan or policy. New South Wales was the first...
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A screengrab from a documentary called This is What Winning Looks Like, produced by Ben Anderson. The film looks at the practice of bacha bazi, or "boy play", in Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine Maj. Bill Steuber, like most people in...
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Rise in hostility: Justice David Collier. Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Allegations of child sexual abuse are being increasingly invented by mothers to stop fathers from seeing their children, says a retiring Family Court judge.
Justice David Collier, retiring ...
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Tags: false allegations
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The older authority figure wins the trust of the young target by cultivating a false friendship, having heart-to-heart conversations, giving gifts, offering protection. And then the sex ensues, sometimes forced, sometimes seemingly consensual.
It is a...
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In this month's issue:
Taking care of men in Canterbury
Health system to recognise Maori men's needs
1 in 3 male victims of DV acknowledged by NSW Government
man therapy with Dr Ironwood launched
Update on National Male Health Policy
Gamarada communit...
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Men take their own lives at four times the rate of women (that's five men a day, on average). Accidents, cancer and heart disease all account for the majority of male deaths (http://www.menshealthweek.org.au/En/Pages/ee4d91/Why-Men-s-Health.aspx)
MHIR...
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In this month's issue:
"Keeping Passion Alive in Your Relationship" by Jed Diamond
Challenges to improving male health in NSW
the first cut is the deepest
new men’s sexual health training
a view on ADHD and boys
news briefs
The Boyfriend Traine...
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The 'Fire Circle' offers men an opportunity to gather together in a deep, authentic and truthful way. It's an opportunity for each man to feel the importance of learning to honour his own capacity to become more present, sit deeper within his truth, co...
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