Here is the latest News Briefing from PARITY:

News Items:

Parity AGM Open Session – Men’s Mental Health
Pioneer Speaks
Crying Wolf
The View from the Zoomers
Fiona Beal conviction: I had no idea my son’s body
was buried in the garden, says mum
New Book: The Illustrated Empathy Gap
Gender Empathy Gap Day 2024
PARITY Membership
Funding PARITY – Gift Aid
PARITY Legacies?
Gift Aid Declaration

FIONA BEAL CONVICTION: I HAD NO IDEA MY SON’S BODY WAS BURIED IN THE GARDEN, SAYS MUM:

By Phil Shepka & Jon Ironmonger

Yvonne Valentine visited her son’s partner, Fiona Beal, for a Christmas drink, unaware that her son, Nicholas Billingham,
was buried in the garden. Nicholas had been in a relationship with Beal, a Northampton teacher, since 2004. In late 2021, Yvonne received an unusual text from Nicholas’s phone, claiming he had moved and was happy, but it wasn’t from him. In reality, Beal had murdered Nicholas, buried him in their garden, and used his phone to maintain the illusion that he was alive. Beal was later arrested in Cumbria, where police found a notebook detailing the murder. Initially pleading not guilty, Beal later admitted to the crime during a retrial. Yvonne, still in shock, struggles to process the tragic loss of her son. Yvonne Valentine says her son is always in her heart.

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GENDER EMPATHY GAP DAY 2024:

Gender Empathy Gap Day was chosen to be 11th July because, in 1995, that was the first day of the Srebrenica massacre (though the slaughter continued for over two weeks). The town was supposed to be under UN protection, but the UN troops made no attempt to prevent the Serbs entering the town. The UN troops had facilitated women and girls being removed to neutral ground but were unconcerned about the fate of the men and boys. The Serbs then set about slaughtering 8,372 Muslim men and boys. Despite precedents like this, the media and the UN itself continue to downplay harms to males.

This is the gender empathy gap.

This day, whose purpose is to raise awareness of the reality and consequences of the gender empathy gap, has been
marked now for 7 years. You can read relevant material This entry was posted in Equality on 11th July 2024.

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PARITY LEGACIES?

PARITY’s work and effectiveness depends largely on the funds we have available. In this respect, we are grateful to all those who have made donations in the past. Funds for our work could also be helped, of course, with legacies. Perhaps
members who are able to would like to consider remembering us also in this way when writing or amending their will.

Thank You

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PARITY September 2024.