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Amnesty International has long been regarded as among the world’s leading human rights organizations, but in recent years they have squandered their credibility. The latest example comes from Sweden, where Amnesty pulled a film made by students about fatherlessness, because it angered feminists.

In a report that might not be well received by some single mothers, the acting Ombudsman, Ron Brent, found that the Child Support Agency had at times been unduly influenced by stereotypes about fathers not meeting their obligations.

When an unmarried woman places her child up for adoption, how much say should the reputed father — or putative father, as they’re referred to legally — have?

The evidence is all around us. For mothers of sons, like myself, it is profoundly worrying. Boys are being out-performed by girls academically, socially and at work. But in recent years a worrying additional ingredient has been added to this depressing vista: the increasingly common cultural message that men are dolts.

To show that men also get hounded in society, men’s rights organisation Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) is organising a ‘Sugarless Independence Day’ conference Aug 15 at Yercaud in Tamil Nadu, a hill station 32km from the steel town of Salem.

Since the introduction of Australia’s ground breaking Shared Parenting (child custody) laws in 2006, there has been a decidedly deceptive campaign by some to mis-represent these laws as being something that they are clearly not. Following is a list of 10 MYTHS about Shared Parenting in Australia that have been commonly peddled as truths by these parties, but are shown to be nothing other than distortions, falsehoods or outright lies.

Ronald “Boobie” McIntyre is currently hospitalized after suffering two broken legs and other injuries after jumping from a third story window to escape an arrest warrant for child support. The amount McIntyre owes currently in back child support is $5,979.66.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has plainly told the government to take a relook at the anti-dowry law — Section 498A of Indian Penal Code — saying it has been misused by women to lodge false or exaggerated complaints against husbands and their relatives accusing them of cruel behaviour.

Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences.

Last year, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Germany’s law requiring the mother’s approval for a single father to be granted parental rights violated the European Union’s charter prohibiting discrimination. Now Germany’s highest court has followed suit declaring the scheme unconstitutional.