Engaging Fathers - Promoting Gender Equality?

Gender and Child Welfare in Society

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 173-194

  Featherstone, Brid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'caregiver parity' model not neglecting care, or women's work as caregivers; Balancing work and care responsibilities; Centrality of the father in new paradigm of post divorce family life; Encouraging specific fathering practices; Engaging fathers promoting gender equality; Fatherhood today open ended, fluid and fragmented; Good fathers fighting to stay involved with their children; Growth in divorce and cohabitation rates separation of marriage and parenthood; Post divorce parenting, work care responsibilities and child welfare service role; Responsibilities of fathers in maintaining their children financially after separation divorce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880044494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470684771.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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