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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

May 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

In this month's issue: Households struggle between pay days Airline child seating policies: all men are not potential paedophiles Male Menopause: No longer a myth by Jed Diamond men’s health services TRAINING PROGRAMS news briefs Men, Unemploym...
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

May 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

In this month's issue: Households struggle between pay days Airline child seating policies: all men are not potential paedophiles Male Menopause: No longer a myth by Jed Diamond men’s health services TRAINING PROGRAMS news briefs Men, Unemploym...
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Fathers’ experiences of fatigue and its consequences when parenting 1 to 4 year olds

January 30, 2014
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Fathers’ experiences of fatigue and its consequences when parenting 1 to 4 year olds

PLEASE NOTE THIS STUDY HAS NOW CLOSED. We would like to invite you to take part in a research project about the experience of fatigue, parenting and partner relationship satisfaction in fathers of young children aged 1-4 years. This research is being...
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Daddy issues: Collective blind spot on parental leave pay is the mother of all slights

August 20, 2013
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Daddy issues: Collective blind spot on parental leave pay is the mother of all slights

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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Daddy issues: Collective blind spot on parental leave pay is the mother of all slights

August 20, 2013
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Daddy issues: Collective blind spot on parental leave pay is the mother of all slights

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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Workplace gender equality: call for public comments

January 16, 2013
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Workplace gender equality: call for public comments

The Acting Minister for the Status of Women, Jenny Macklin, today called for public comment to help develop the next stage of the Australian Government’s landmark workplace gender equality reforms. The introduction of the Workplace Gender Equalit...
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Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling

December 25, 2012
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Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling

Dads' group members Don Crinson (left) with son Merlin and James Vincent with daughter Ashley. Photo: James Boddington Charles Areni was shopping alone in a city department store between Monday meetings when he realised he was being watched. His three...
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EMALE Issue 114 (September 2012)

September 1, 2012
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EMALE Issue 114 (September 2012)

In this month's issue: friends are key to midlife wellbeing fly in/fly out lifestyle bad for workers male victims of violence face gaps in services and need special consideration: NSW Government Report airlines demonizing men events MEN’S HEALTH...
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Do men have the time to be great fathers?

August 29, 2012
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Do men have the time to be great fathers?

This week's topic for The Sun-Herald's weekly column The Loaded Dog is:  As we prepare to celebrate Fathers’ Day on Sunday, are men given enough time to be great fathers? Do bosses give men with family commitments the same job flexibility a...
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‘Daycare Dads’ (Channel 7 TV News story – video)

July 11, 2012
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‘Daycare Dads’ (Channel 7 TV News story – video)

Channel 7 News Sydney reporter Sally Bowrey reports on the increase in the number of stay-at-home dads, but the lack of social services to support them. Broadcast on 12th June 2012. Source: 'Daycare Dads' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO4s8X...
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Dads and partners now have legal right to ask for time off work when a new baby arrives – Australian Council of Trade Unions

June 27, 2012
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Dads and partners now have legal right to ask for time off work when a new baby arrives – Australian Council of Trade Unions

Dads will no longer have to justify asking for time off work when their new baby arrives, thanks to new laws that ensure they have the right to access paid parental leave. ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver said unions had campaigned for paid parental leave f...
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I swear I’m becoming more like my father

June 22, 2012
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I swear I’m becoming more like my father

Having two young boys can really put the stress on the F-word. It is Saturday. I am lying in bed reading the news on my iPad. I find myself at an exasperated loss, unable to relax, having just screamed (again) at my sons for running around the house li...
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13 reasons it’s unlucky to be a man (UK)

June 22, 2012
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13 reasons it’s unlucky to be a man (UK)

When your life is committed to helping the world work for everyone – men and boys included – it’s easy to forget that most people don’t see the inequality and discrimination that men and boys face on a daily basis. So to help us sp...
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New gender equality law a step closer

June 19, 2012
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New gender equality law a step closer

A new law to promote gender equality in Australian workplaces is a step closer following the passage of the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 through the House of Representatives late yesterday. Helen Conway, Director of ...
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Are Dads the New Moms? – WSJ.com

May 11, 2012
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Are Dads the New Moms? – WSJ.com

By SUSAN GREGORY THOMAS Getty Images When K.J. Wiemer got married in the 1990s, he didn't think he was becoming a husband. Rather, he says, he saw himself as "one of two 20-something professionals living together, who were now entering the phase of 'o...
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ABS Releases Gender Indicators and Ignores Male Disadvantage

February 7, 2012
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ABS Releases Gender Indicators and Ignores Male Disadvantage

Today the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Australia's so-called impartial statistical body released its Gender Indicators report: "a summary of gender specific data in six domains representing Economic security, Education, Health, Work and famil...
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