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  ABC Radio: Globally Speaking - The Politics of Globalisation - Where to Australia?
Radio Australia
 
Transcript of a discussion on the issues surrounding globalisation.
Format: pdf | Size: 156 KB | Length: 8 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Community consultation
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
A participant in the Isma - Listen consultations, conducted by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, suggests a strategy to address prejudice.
Format: mov | Size: 444 KB | Length: 21 s | Date Added: 07 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Culture, Trade and Globalisation
UNESCO
 
Questions and answers on culture, trade and globalisation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) website.
Format: pdf | Size: 156 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Debunking More Myths about Asylum Seekers
Edmund Rice Centre
 
The second edition of a publication by the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and the Australian Catholic University on asylum seekers.
Format: doc | Size: 360 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Debunking the Myths about Asylum Seekers
Edmund Rice Centre
 
A joint publication of Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education and the School of Education, Australian Catholic University.
Format: doc | Size: 644 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland Ltd
 
Link to the homepage of the ECCQ, which groups individuals and ethnic organisations across Queensland and represents their interests.
Format: pdf | Size: 36 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 08 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Face the Facts: Questions and Answers About Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
Nine questions and answers about refugees and asylum seekers, and links to further material.
Format: pdf | Size: 348 KB | Length: 10 KB | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Face the Facts: Website Introduction
Jonas, William
 
Dr Bill Jonas the Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner says that in 2003 race and racism are still burning issues in Australian society. The furore over refugees, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim prejudices abound and need to be addressed. Read Face the Facts at the HREOC website to debunk some of the myths
Format: pdf | Size: 30 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 01 March 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  FECCA DRAFT POLICIES: RACISM, RECONCILIATION AND MULTICULTURALISM
FECCA
 
FECCA conference 2002 drafts a policy on Racism, Reconciliation and Multiculturalism. Read about the issues and the responses in this policy draft.
Format: pdf | Size: 42 kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 27 February 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Guidelines on Policies and Procedures in dealing with Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum
UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, GENEVA
 
Prepared by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Geneva
Format: pdf | Size: 284 Kb | Length: 21 pages | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Internments in Australia during World War Two
O'Brien, Ilma Martinuzzi
 
Ilma Martinuzzi O'Brien writes on the impact of internment on Italian-Australians and explores what internment reveals about attitudes to citizenship and civil rights.
Format: pdf | Size: 145 KB | Length: 23 pages | Date Added: 24 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Islamophobia: is it racism?
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
A web forum considering Islamophobia as a new form of racism.
Format: pdf | Size: 156 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Isma - Listen
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
Documents resulting from community consultations carried out by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission in 2003 on ways to eliminate prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australians.
Format: pdf | Size: 679 KB | Length: 32 pages | Date Added: 08 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Isma - Listen: National consultations on eliminating prejudice against Arab and Muslim Australians
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)
 
A consultation hosted by the Islamic Council of NSW, Lakemba, 10 June 2003.
Format: pdf | Size: 336 KB | Length: 4 pages | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Myths about refugees
Brisbane City Council
 
The link to a document available on the Brisbane City Council website in several languages which explains the origins of negative perceptions of refugees and refutes these myths through factual information.
Format: pdf | Size: 39 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 01 May 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  National Consultations: Racism and Civil Society
Jonas, William
 
Australia participates in the United Nations World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 31 August - 8 September 2001 in Durban, South Africa
Format: pdf | Size: 64 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Open Season on Muslims in the newest phobia
Manne, Robert
 
One of the most significant ways the world has changed since the terrible crime of 9/11 has been the rise of Islamophobia in the Western world.
Format: pdf | Size: 68 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 22 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Racism no way
Department of Education and Training Australia
 
Link to the Queensland section of a Commonwealth initiative to combat racism in schools, containing a list of programs in the state with similar goals and the links to them.
Format: pdf | Size: 37 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 08 February 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION
United Nations Economic and Social Council
 
Report by Mr. Maurice Glèlè-Ahanhanzo, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2001/5.
Format: pdf | Size: 358 Kb | Length: 64 pages | Date Added: 20 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Racism. No Way! Fact Sheets: Reconciliation
New South Wales Department of Education and Training
 
This fact sheet from the Racism. No Way! website explores the process of Reconciliation which formally began as a result of the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1991.
Format: pdf | Size: 184 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 19 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Spotlight on Racism
Department of Education and Training Australia
 
Community leader Evelyn Scott tells of her experiences of racism and gives advice on how to deal with it, from the "Racism no way" website.
Format: pdf | Size: 239 KB | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 08 March 2006 | | VIEW |
 
  Survivors of the SIEVX
Anmar, Abu
 
From the transcript of a videotape of survivors of the SIEVX disaster at Bogor, Indonesia in the week following the shipwreck. By Abu Anmar, of the Australian Aal Al Bayt Centre and Imam Muhammad Al-Sumyany. Translated by Keysar Trad of the Lebanese Muslims Association.
Format: doc | Size: 22 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  The Story of Fatima
Human Rights Watch
 
The Story of Fatima (not her real name) taken from Human Rights Watch interview no. 6, Cisawa, Indonesia, April 11, 2002. It details her flight from Iraq.
Format: doc | Size: 33 Kb | Length: 5 pages | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  U.S. Committee for Refugees, Country Report: Australia
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)
 
U.S. Committee for Refugees, Country Report: Australia. Information and figures for refugees in Australia. From refugees.org.
Format: pdf | Size: 55 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  Weblinks and References - Asylum Seekers
Jakubowicz, Andrew
 
Weblinks and references for further reading on asylum seekers
Format: doc | Size: 24 Kb | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 22 April 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  World Refugee Survey
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)
 
The US Committee for Refugees website links to the annual World Refugee Survey. Facts, figures and statistics.
Format: pdf | Size: 57 KB | Length: 1 page | Date Added: 23 November 2004 | | VIEW |
 
  "I want respect and equality": A Summary of Consultations with Civil Society on Racism in Australia
Jonas, William
 
"I want respect and equality " summarises the oucomes of national consultations on racism across Australia in 2001. The 29 recommendations come from public meetings, written submissions and focus groups suggests that racism is a serious problem that affects any people in Australia. Read the Forward and Introduction from this publication.
Format: pdf | Size: 72 kb | Length: 2 pages | Date Added: 26 February 2004 | | VIEW |

 
 
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