Equal Rights In Australia Research Paper

Western women have traditionally been perceived as the inferior sex, or the domestic partner, subjected wholly to the private sphere, and stripped of legal rights and standing. Meanwhile, men are depicted as the breadwinner, the strong, masculine and dominant partner, who belongs primarily to the public sphere. These historic gender norms have been deeply imbedded within Australia’s social foundation, and although society has gradually shifted away from these roles, evidence suggests that this gender inequality still riddles the modern day workplace. Liberal feminist groups have embraced this issue, and have classified it as being a true barrier to achieving the ultimate gender equality goal. Consequently, these liberal feminists along

Australia was the first country to give women rights in a federal election and also the rights to be elected to parliament a natural basis. South Australia was first in 1895, the first voting day for South Australia in 1896. In 1877, in South Australia Catherine Helen Spence was the first woman to stand as a political candidate. Then it was Western Australia in 1899 to vote for woman. In office from 1 July 1947 to 24 May 1971. The Honourable Dame Annabelle Rankin was the second woman member of the Australian Senate and first woman from Queensland to sit in the Parliament of Australia. Henrietta Augusta Dugdale was an Australian feminist who started the first female suffrage society in Australasia. Her campaigning resulted in women's rights

Social inequality is a problematic phenomenon that occurs all around the world and affects both the developed and developing nations. It is defined as “the unequal distribution of social, political and economic resources within a social collective” (van Krieken et al. 2013, p. 205). Inequality is closely connected with social stratification, a system of social hierarchy that positions individuals and groups into categories according to social variables such as class or ethnicity (van Krieken et al. 2013, p. 485). This stratification has a significant impact on the opportunity that an individual may have to move up the hierarchy of inequality (Gill 2017a).

Currently, human rights in Australia are protected in different ways. Unlike most other similar liberal democracies, Australia has no Bill of Rights to protect human rights in one single document. Instead, some rights can be found in the Constitution, our common law and legislation which includes acts passed by the Commonwealth Parliament or State or Territory Parliaments.

Over the last two decades the Australian population has faced a number of economic instabilities that has seen the gap between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ increase. To determine who the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ are an in-depth investigation will be performed examining the circumstances under which the gap can be manipulated. The economic wellbeing of individuals is largely determined by their command over economic resources (ABS, 2009). The wellbeing of individuals who are classified as ‘haves’ are usually people who are asset rich, contain bonds, shares and are fairly affluent. The wellbeing of individuals who are classified as ‘have nots’ are usually the working poor, who have little assets and little investments i.e. bonds. These

As it was in the past history, today’s denial of the freedom to marry is part of establishing a larger and oppressive social vision by the government that encompasses individual ideologies such as Biblical values. In 2004 Liberal senator Guy Barnett petitioned the

The Equality Act 2010 was set up to help protect and stop people from suffering discrimination. It can help to protect people with disabilities, mental illnesses and physical conditions. It helps them to stop being harassed or discriminated against. This can also provide legal rights in areas such as educations, employment and services

It was a very important subject in the time as well as now. Allowing women to vote was the start of allowing women to have equal rights to men. For years women have been subjected to living under the rein on men, meaning they had to do whatever the men thought was right for women to do. Things such as only being a housewife and looking after the children was the main thing women were allowed to do because thats what was deemed normal by men.

The Change of The Rights and Freedoms of Australian Women Over The Past 100 Years

The workplace discrimination against women is one aspect that Australian legal systems have achieved the responsiveness for society and individuals. The legal system provides women with a formal and enforceable means of redress to correct discrimination. The legal systems have implemented many laws to diminish women workplace discrimination. There are three main laws that the legal system have achieved justice for society and individuals, the laws are Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (CWTH), Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) Equal Opportunity laws and The Affirmative action plan Act 1989 (CWLTH). Assessing Positives and negatives to the responsiveness of the legal system that Australian parliament have made or passed.

In the Declaration of Independence, written on July 4th, 1776, it states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” In the quote from the Declaration of Independence, it clearly means “all of us are” created equal, and I believe that if we all work together, we can achieve equality regardless of race, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, etc.. In a report on late February 13th, 2016, NBC News reporter Miranda Leitsinger quoted Judge Allen’s statement regarding the amendment that states—“Our Constitution declares that “all men” are created equal” – without correction. The Declaration also plays an important role in our world today and in recent

All over the world, races are still treated as inferior, even here in Australia. Though they officially and legally have the same rights as all other people, the Indigenous are still discriminated and mistreated. I have personally heard several stories about acts of racism towards Aboriginal individuals of whom I have met. The two men whom I met described the history of the indigenous people before and after the British arrival, giving me and others a first person view of life for their eyes, under the thumb of illegal and inconspicuous racism. But not all Aboriginals are treated so poorly, intentionally or otherwise. One of the greatest crisis befalling our country in the poverty in the Aboriginal communities of Australia. I am not saying that it is the fault of racism in the 21st century, but because of racism in the 20th. Because of their treatment as inferior, the indigenous people have been and still are suffering; health problems, social prejudice and housing. Of course, people are trying to stop this, to clean up the messes of our political predecessors, but others aren't. There is no one person to blame for all of this, but there is something. Discrimination towards someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior, or, racism. It changes people. It ruins lives. It creates conflict that can forever shape the lives of those

The short-term costs of implementing a Nordic Model in Australia is likely to lead to a resistance from a cost conscious voting public (Pickering, C 2014). Inequality is rising against a background of social immobility. Reductions in inequality can follow from a leveling in either direction – by elevating the poor or pushing down the wealthy. However, it is the plight of the poor that we most need to improve. The answer to bridging the gap between Australia’s wealthy and poor is likely to be found in increasing social mobility and increasing opportunities for the disadvantaged. Improving the rate of upward income mobility is an important issue for policy makers not just because it is one of the core principles of Australian society but also

The target of this analysis is to explore the troubling condition of pay inequities between men and women in the Unites States, using the liberal ideology, constructionist approach and basic framework of the social problem process by Joel Best. Accordingly, this paper organizes this exploration into the six sections correlating with each stage of the Best framework. The first section is Stage 1: Claimsmakers which introduces the source(s) making claims about the troubling condition of economic inequality specifically as it relates to the gap in pay between genders. In addition, this area specifies the ideological perspective of this analysis and provides the grounds, warrants and conclusions used to evaluate the claims. Furthermore, this

I believe, everyone in Australia should be treated fairly and have equal rights. I also support people with dual citizenship and background from Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey or Iran should be treated the same as all Australian citizens, despite their race or background. I was disappointed with the negative change of the US citizenship rights, as a young boy with a dual Iranian – Australian citizenship