Interviews with refugees
Asher Hirsch interviews three young men from refugee backgrounds. Read their inspirational stories.
Children & youth – Page 9
Sold – Mid-Week Review
By Sonia Nair. Human rights’ stories centred on child protagonists have become increasingly prevalent, as writers delicately trace the exploitation of their civil liberties and the ensuing acceptance and desensitisation that accompany these atrocities in a self-perpetuating cycle of poverty, deprivation and barbarism. Sudanese writer Majok Tulba did it in Beneath the Darkening Sky with […]
Child Brides in Australia
By Hsin-Yi Lo “Children everywhere have: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural and social life. The four core principles of the Convention are non-discrimination; devotion to the best interests of the child; the right to life, survival […]
Make Kids Visible
“The violence in my childhood has led to me having schizophrenia” Meet 18-year-old Brenton*. He migrated to Australia from Madrid when he was two, along with his father and sister. Within a few years, his dad deserted the children. Brenton and his sister were placed in foster care. Their foster father was violent and subjected […]
Koorie Pathways Schools: a teacher’s perspective
By Felicity James “Where would our teenagers be if that school wasn’t there? They would probably be on the streets. So I’d be very upset and sad, as you can hear in my voice, I’d be very devastated and upset if it ever closed down.” – Ronald Edwards, former student, Woolum Bellum College, Morwell Lynnette Solomon-Dent’s […]
Women and Children in Detention: A Last Resort?
By Lydia Jebakumar. This piece is part of our September focus on Women’s Rights. See all of this month’s articles here. “Oh my darling, you have to be stronger than razor wire. I try, Mum. I try.” “Detention is the deliberate policy of the Australian Parliament, repeatedly affirmed. In default of a constitutional basis for invalidation, it […]
Racial profiling, violence against women and income management: the human rights wrap up
Police accused of racial profiling Concerns are mounting over African and Muslim communities being unfairly targeted by police in street patrols. Tamar Hopkins, a lawyer from the Flemington and Kensington Legal Centre in Melbourne’s inner-west, says that the police may actually be breaking the law themselves if they are in fact racial profiling. Sydney based […]
Anti-racism, traditional Indigenous law and religious vilification laws: the human rights wrap up
Australia’s Anti-Racism Strategy is launched Led by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s National Anti- Racism Strategy, Racism, it stops with me, was launched last week calling on all Australians to say no to racism. The strategy “sets out a three year plan for Government to work with community partners to combat racism across schools […]
Offshore processing, gay marriage and youth justice: the human rights wrap up
Offshore processing bill passes Senate The Senate has passed legislation which allows the offshore processing of asylum seekers who come to Australia by boat. The Government has said it is looking at getting the processing centres up and running on Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island within a month. Gavin Marshall, a factional colleague […]
Intercountry adoption and children’s rights
Ensuring that children’s human rights receive their fair share of attention and resources remains a political hurdle throughout the world. Intercountry adoption is one such example where political will to ensure children’s rights is lacking.
The Dynamics of Disclosure of Child Sexual Victimisation
By Rita Shackel. This article is part of our July focus on the rights of children and youth. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. The sexual abuse of children is a global problem – it occurs in every country and cuts across all socio-economic, educational and ethnic groups in society. According to the World Health Organization, […]
Malihe and Mahdiye’s Story
By Malihe. This article is a part of our July focus on the rights of children and youth. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. One of the rights outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is that children and youth have the right to be heard, and to be taken […]