About UKMM

Since the 1960s we have experienced something not previously known. This is the general denigration of men, the limiting of the role of men, the reduction in employment prospects for men, state support for lone motherhood, and the elimination of many men's rights, especially within the family.

The majority of the population have not been involved in these changes, and in many cases are unaware that they have taken place. So the radical feminists have obtained influence beyond that which their numbers would suggest they should have, and they have been immensely successful at obtaining their unjust and unreasonable objectives.

It has been as a response to this that various men's and father's groups have been established. It is not only in the UK but across all of the Western World that these groups have arisen. Look at our links pages, and you'll obtain an appreciation of the scale of this.

The founder of UKMM, Roger Witcomb, unfortunately died of cancer in 1997. Dr John Campion, founder of The Cheltenham Group, now associated with UKMM, was invited and provided the eulogy at Roger's funeral in Cheltenham. The founder members have the utmost respect for Roger, and we attempt to preserve the rationale which Roger defined for the Movement.

It is clear that men have not yet organised themselves to remedy this situation.We believe the reasons for this include the fact that most of these organisations do not comprehend the fundamental problems which men now face, nor do they understand the political position or measures which will need to be taken to restore men's equitable rights. Also, they have remained fragmented and divided on fundamental issues, and have even fought amongst themselves and even within well known organisations. This indicates that men as a body have not yet learned how to cope with the situation.

We invite all men and women to help us in the restoration of our decaying society. As a brief indication of what we are about we wish to see :

We have maintained a consistent and serious presence. We have studied the situation carefully, conducted a major survey into matrimonial and family law practices, and published the results in our major report The Emperor's New Clothes . We have succeeded in building a modest publications list which outlines the present situation for men and explains some causes and remedies. We are regularly invited on to the media to debate men's issues. We have made representations to responsible authorities for remedy, such as our NAPO 'Anti-sexism' Policy campaign. These representations have usually up until now shown no result. This lack of results, after perfectly rational and reasonable submissions and supported by evidence, only serves to emphasise the seriousness of the situation. We have studied International Human Rights codes and encouraged and monitored applications to ECHR, Strasbourg. We have made a major submission to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights over violations of the UN's International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and this has been referred to the UK Government. But we are beginning to gain acceptance on Government committees and in lobbying. Unlike some other groups such as Families Need Fathers, we wish to work with other organisations.

UKMM is essentially a campaigning organisation, and we encourage you to assist us in this, by joining us.

We ask for a subscription, which entitles you to a copy of our quarterly magazine Men's Rights.

If you are concerned about specific issues, then contact your MP, MEP, national and local press and media, etc, etc, and let them know your feelings.

Benefits of membership

Members are joined to a national and international network of like-minded people, to exchange news, views and campaigning activities.

For those with on-going men's rights problems, you will be able to discuss your own situation with others who have 'been there before'.

We used to publish our quarterly magazine Men's Rights as hardcopy by post. As most members are online, we have recently decided to become an internet-based organisation. A newsletter will be sent to those providing an email address. You may still submit articles and letters for publication.

Further, those who like wish to stay in touch with like-minded members, by emails, you may subscribe to the UKMM listserver - see below.

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UKMM listserver - to get information to other members

For those not familiar with a listserver, this is an Internet facility which will broadcast an email message to all those who have subscribed to the service. In order to subscribe, you should send an email to [email protected] with the words "subscribe ukmm" (without the quotes) in the message. Further directions will be returned to you, including the facilities available, e.g. requesting a list of all those currently subscribed, and how to unsubscribe. Sending a message to [email protected] will cause it to be broadcast to all those people then subscribed.