News
We are pleased to share links to relevant news and articles that we come across on the internet, which you might find to be of interest.
These will generally fall into each of our broad areas of focus:
Health & Wellbeing, Family & Relationships, Legal issues and General Social Issues.
We welcome your contribution on any relevant news and articles that we can add here.
in the news
Health & Wellbeing | 10 January 2022 | BBC News
Post-natal depression in men: ‘The darkest time of my life’
Social Issues | 10 January 2022 | BBC News
Calls to male sexual abuse helpline doubled in 2021
Health & Wellbeing | 2 January 2022 | The Telegraph
One-hour operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying tumours with electric currents
Legal Issues | 18 September 2021 | The Herald
Scottish Government urged to act on abduction loophole as father tells of anguish over missing children
Family & Relationship issues | 5 July 2021 | University of Cumbria
Walking on egg shells: a qualitative examination of men’s experiences of intimate partner violence
Legal Issues | 10 April 2021 | Independent.ie
Judge dismisses case against man for sending birthday card to his daughter
Legal Issues | 17 March 2021 | BBC Sport
Football’s child sex abuse scandal: Sheldon review finds ‘institutional failings’
Health & Wellbeing | 13 March 2021 | Huffington Post
‘Vital’ Exhaustion Isn’t Just Bad For Your Brain, But Your Body Too
Social Issues | 10 February 2021 | Scottish Legal News
Benjamin Bestgen: Paper abortions – equality in parenthood?
Social Issues | 25 January 2021 | The Guardian
‘Why isn’t crying manly?’
Social Issues | 6 December 2020 | The Edinburgh Reporter
Celebrating Men and Boys March is coming to Edinburgh in 2021
Social Issues | 19 November 2020 | The Scotsman
International Men’s Day 2020: quotes from famous Scottish men on mental health, this year’s theme
Social Issues | 11 November 2020 | The Times
Sheku Bayoh review finds Police Scotland ‘rife with racism and discrimination’
Social Issues | 26 October 2020 | Football365 | The Guardian
Rashford is driving football as a vehicle for societal change
Marcus Rashford shows how football can be a force for unity and good
Social Issues | 22 October 2020 | BBC News
John McAvoy: The ex-armed robber who reformed through sport in high security prison
Health & Wellbeing | 20 October 2020 | The Guardian
Love Island’s Ovie Soko: ‘It takes guts to live by your internal compass’
Social Issues | 14 October 2020 | Evening Telegraph (Dundee)
Ewan Gurr: Survivor calls for separate strategy for male victims of sexual assault
Health & Wellbeing | 12 October 2020 | The Independent
Why are so many gym-going, young men suffering from ‘muscle dysmorphia’?
Health & Wellbeing | 09 September 2020 | BBC
World suicide prevention day: ‘Could I have stopped my dad killing himself?’
Health & Wellbeing | 01 September 2020 | The Guardian
Male suicide rate hits two-decade high in England and Wales
Family & Relationship issues | 20 August 2020 | Brookings
The power of dads in childhood developments – during a pandemic and beyond
Health & Wellbeing | 29 August 2020 | The Atlantic
The Profound Heroism of Chadwick Boseman
Health & Wellbeing | 04 August 2020 | BBC
‘Why I run with a car tyre on my back’
Health & Wellbeing | 29 July 2020 | The Guardian
Ed Sheeran reminds us that eating disorders affect men, too
Health & Wellbeing | 28 May 2019 | BBC
Michael Dunlop: The man who lost a brother, father & uncle to biking, but races on
Social Issues | 25 July 2020 | Express & Star
Men can be victims: Sam Billingham’s Opinion piece on male victims of domestic abuse and ending gender stereotyping
Health & Wellbeing | 4 July 2020 | Sky News
Father calls for more postnatal depression support for men after having breakdown
Family & Relationship issues | 25 June 2020 | PR Newswire
Good Egg Safety releases report following one-year study into Parental Alienation, revealing disturbing trends
Health & Wellbeing | 22 June 2020 | BBC Three
Young black men on how the killing of George Floyd has impacted their mental health and on reliving the trauma of racial brutality
Social Issues | 10 June 2020 | The Telegraph
Only 6 of the 800 UK-based partners at Magic Circle law firms are black – highlighting gross racial inequality at elite law firms
Social Issues | 5 June 2020 | Donside Piper and Herald
Black people are twice as likely to die in police custody in the UK – according to statistics
Health & Wellbeing | 2 June 2020 | The Guardian
Prostate Cancer ‘now most commonly diagnosed cancer in UK’ – increased awareness of the disease has led to more men being diagnosed
Health & Wellbeing | 23 May 2020 | The Independent
Phillip Schofield says ‘talking saved me’ in message about male suicide
Health & Wellbeing | 14 May 2020 | The Sunday Times
Working-age men in Scotland face higher death risk from coronavirus
Legal Issues | 20 April 2020 | Law Society Gazette Ireland
‘Parental Alienation’ term recorded in an Irish court for the first time
Social Issues | 29 February 2020 | The Spectator
Why did no one believe Johnny Depp?
Social Issues | 24 February 2020 | Thrive Global
Let’s Discuss the Double Standards Surrounding Domestic Abuse
Health & Wellbeing | 15 February 2020 | BBC News
Depression and grief tackled at new Bedfordshire men’s group
Family & Relationship issues | 28 January 2020 | YouTube TEDx Talks
Mr Andrew Pain shares his story: domestic abuse, false allegations and certain systematic disadvantages experienced by men
Social Issues | 22 January 2020 | Huffington Post
Why Can’t Short Men Catch A Break?
Health & Wellbeing | 17 December 2019 | BBC News
Rhod Gilbert fronts male infertility campaign HIMfertility
Health & Wellbeing | 26 September 2019 | Independent
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer and how common is it?
Legal Issues | 13 September 2019 | The National (Scotland)
Call to make false allegations a hate crime in Scotland
Health & Wellbeing | 25 August 2019 | BBC News
Bereaved families ‘walk and talk’ about suicide in Lanarkshire
Health & Wellbeing | 24 August 2019 | BBC News
Ayrshire man goes from heart patient to Ironman in 16 months
Social Issues | 26 July 2019 | BBC News
Is society’s ‘man up’ message fuelling a suicide crisis among men?
Health & Wellbeing | 26 June 2019 | BBC News
‘Devastating’ increase in Scotland’s suicide rate
Social Issues | 05 June 2019 | Huffington Post
Love Island 2019: Is The Reality Show Affecting Male Body Image?
Social Issues | 4 April 2019 | University of Cumbria
Academic Paper on Men’s experience of domestic abuse in Scotland: An Update
Legal Issues | 28 February 2019 | Wigan Today
Allegations “destroyed his life”
Family & Relationship issues | 19 February 2019 | BBC News
Alex Skeel: abused by my girlfriend
–watch the BBC iPlayer documentary
Social Issues | 17 January 2019 | University of Cumbria | Academic Paper
“No one would ever believe me”: an exploration of the impact of intimate partner violence victimization on men
Legal Issues | 17 November 2018 | BBC News
Sexual assault cases: Guilty until proven innocent?
Legal Issues | 27 October 2018 | Mirror
Jailed dad given £50k damages after being wrongly accused of kidnapping his daughter
Family & Relationship issues | 16 September 2018 | BBC News
Male Domestic Abuse: Not enough support for victims
Family & Relationship issues | 3 September 2018 | Scottish Legal News
Tom Wood: Male victims of domestic abuse subject to blatant inequality
Family & Relationship issues | 23 August 2018 | BBC News
Lawyer husband victim of domestic abuse let down by authorities before his murder
Family & Relationship issues | 15 July 2018 | The Sunday Post
Silent no more: Male victims of domestic abuse speak out
Legal Issues | 22 May 2018 | Scottish Legal News
Preventing child abduction on Scottish Government’s legislative agenda following our CEO’s campaign
Legal Issues | 19 March 2018 | Metro News
Man took his own life after false allegation left him in “living hell”
Legal Issues | 11 February 2018 | The Herald
Campaigners against international child abduction to meet Scottish Government over ‘loophold’ in law, and some stories of anguish from parents who lost their children
Legal Issues | 15 December 2017 | BBC News
Student felt “pure fear” and left feeling betrayed by false allegations and the criminal justice system
–victim describes what it is like being falsely accused
–prosecuting barrister Jerry Hayes highlights it could have been a potentially “massive miscarriage of justice”
–analysis and commentary on the case and its wider implications by Matthew Scott, Barrister
Legal Issues | 24 October 2017 | Scottish Legal News
Call for end to ‘kidnapper’s charter’ and Scottish loophole in cases of international parental child abduction
–also reported by the Express as frontpage news
Social Issues | 20 January 2017 | BBC News
Indian Activist Filmmaker: The woman who fights for men’s rights
Legal Issues | 11 March 2016 | Family Law Week
Judgement published on a ‘very troubling case’ involving a series of serious false allegations made against a father – children suffered significantly and judge criticises the conduct of various professionals and agencies involved in the case
AS v TH (False Allegations of Abuse) [2016] EWHC 532 Fam
–Case summary by Esther Lieu, Barrister, 3PB
Family & Relationship issues | 5 December 2014 | BBC News
Male domestic abuse victim: men are scared to come forward
Social Issues | June 2013 | University of Dundee and AMIS
Academic Paper on Men’s experience of domestic abuse in Scotland
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