Discrimination against dad’s

On February 6, 2025, the Times had two editors’ letters on page 10, one written by the Interim CEO of Refuge and the other by Cllr Heather Kidd.

They both asked for greater funding on the issue of VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls).

I am a longtime Brent resident, and I have had five Ombudsman investigations (three Parliamentary, two against Brent) in my favour against services which discriminate against dads and endanger children.

I am also the author of the book The War On Dads & Children and wish to make some points as evidence of this discrimination.

Violence by women against men and boys is conveniently listed under VAWG according to the Home Office.

In addition, according to the British Crime Survey for England and Wales, violence by men against women has been steadily dropping for the past few years.

How can girls or children in general be made safer by concentrating on VAWG when more children including girls are killed by their mothers than their fathers (British Medical Journal review of 9,431 studies in 2017 into child homicide worldwide, 54.7% majority)?

In fact, violence by women against men is approx. 45-50%, yet Brent’s domestic violence service in constitution and practice will only help ‘female survivors of domestic abuse, (FOI letter to me September 22,2009).