Fathers in policy and practice
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I will explore some of the key policy developments in relation to fathers that have emerged under the rubric of work/family balance and identify how these relate to a less well documented set of developments which call upon child welfare services to ‘engage’ fathers.
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- 1. Engaging Fathers: Promoting Gender equality?
- 2. Policy developments Child Support WFB Contact Engaging fathers – the role of services
- 3. Services for children and families The background to this ‘project’ Developments in the 1990s Family Support funding from the Home Office under New Labour Sure Start Emphasis on parenting and parent support Think Fathers campaign
- 4. What is going on? Who is being called upon as a father? What evidence is being used? What does involvement consist of? How are women being constructed? What about children?
- 5. Desirable project? Differing perspectives What issues does it raise in relation to: the role of the state, mothers’ and fathers’ identities? Gender equality?