Gender and Parenting Culture: Intensive Fatherhood? report: The Fatherhood Institute

Gender and Parenting Culture: Intensive Fatherhood? report

11 January 2010

On 3 April, 2009, the Economic and Social Research Council funded a conference at the University of Cambridge: “Gender and Parenting Culture: Intensive Fatherhood?” At the link below, you can read a detailed report of the day, with the links to the left of the page taking you to recordings/presentations.

Topics covered included:

(1) the Inclusion Dynamic

(2) Experience and culture

(3) Fatherhood and legal change: Joint birth registration

(4) Fathers’ rights and responsibilities.

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