Go the Sex Discrimination part of the AHRC Website found atAbout Sex Discrimination | Australian Human Rights Commission

a) Identify two changes that need to be achieved for women to achieve gender equality.

b) Identify a service, policy or law that is designed to address each of the two problems you identified in 1a.

Question 2

Go the AHRC Website found atHome | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Children's Rights link. Look through the information provided in the relevant AHRC web pages and find the link to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

a) Drawing from the CRC, list eight special rights that apply to children.

b) Identify two different welfare services for children and explain what these services do to promote and protect two or more of the rights you have just listed (in 2a).

Question 3

Go the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Website found atHome | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice link. Look through the information provided in the relevant AHRC web pages and identify the four fundamental rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples identified in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). What are these four fundamental rights?

Question 4

Go the AHRC Website found atHome | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Disability Rights link. Look through the information provided.

a) In your own words (you must paraphrase), what is the purpose of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)?

b) Identify two difference welfare services for people with disabilities and explain what these services do to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities.

Question 5

The slide describes a limited safety net as being the "ambulance waiting at the bottom of the cliff". What does this mean?

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The role of government in human rights The notion of a right to health and welfare services is controversial. Arguments range from those who believe government should have only a small role in providing for its citizens i.e., that government should provide a limited safety net for people who are unable to provide for themselves. Others argue for more than just access to health care - and that providing only a limited safety net constitutes the "ambulance waiting at the bottom of the cliff". (Arras, 2014) The role of government in human rights The notion of a right to health and welfare services is controversial. Arguments range from those who believe government should have only a small role in providing for its citizens i.e., that government should provide a limited safety net for people who are unable to provide for themselves. Others argue for more than just access to health care - and that providing only a limited safety net constitutes the "ambulance waiting at the bottom of the cliff". (Arras, 2014)