THE island’s two main men’s and women’s advocacy groups are being asked to work together to effect change on how men and women are treated in the court system.
The call came on Wednesday night from founder of the Access for Fathers Kammie Holder who was in the audience during a panel discussion which focused on whether the odds were against men or women in 21st century Barbados.
Holder made an impassioned plea to the heads of the Men’s Educational Support Association and the National Organisation of Women to come together to find ways to ensure that men do not end up in prison for not paying child maintenance and to ensure that fathers are not refused access to their children.
He said children today are being affected by parental alienation syndrome and gender centrism because women are more emotionally intelligent than men and have an advantage when going before the family court in Barbados.