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Assessment 2A: Individual written essay (20%) Due date: Week 6 Word Count: 1000-1200 words Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of sex, race, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, age, disability, or any other status. For this assessment task, you are required to write an essay (1000 – 1200 words) that is based on one of the following groups who, at various times and in various contexts, have not had their human rights protected or promoted:

• People with disabilities

• Refugees

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

• Children

• Women

In your essay, you are required to review, analyse and draw from relevant human rights documents (listed below) and from current evidence to explain:

The obligations of governments to promote and protect the human rights and freedoms of your chosen group (i.e., the obligations of governments to act in certain ways or refrain from certain acts).

The ways in which Australian government(s) have not and/or do not meet specific obligations under specific conventions/articles to promote and protect the human rights and freedoms of your chosen group. Examples can be based on past and/or present legislation, policies and practices.

The ways in which Australian government(s) do meet their obligations under specific conventions/articles to promote and protect the human rights and freedoms of your chosen group. Examples should be based on up to date legislation, policies and practices. Refer to theAustralian Human Rights Commissionwebsite found at https://humanrights.gov.au/about/what-are-human-rights to access the following:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

• Convention on the Rights of the Child

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Assessment 2A: Individual Written Essay
Topic: Women - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
In present dynamics, each one has the birth right to lead one's life without any discrimination. When this situation is achieved then all the individuals can be considered as completely equal irrespective of their gender, colour, caste, professions as well as status. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights also known as UDHR is a large milestone in the entire history of the Human Rights. UDHR is framed with the numerous cultural as well as legal all across the world thus declaration is further proclaimed as United Nations General Assembly on 10th December, 1948 in Paris.
Deep diving into the Gender Equality the convention that is based on the elimination of all forms of the Discrimination Against Women also referred as CEDAW. This can be also referred as "Bill of Rights" for women. United Nations, UN has promoted many countries to acknowledge and recognize the rights of the women specifically through the CEDAW which was adopted by the General Assembly of UN in 1979. The main objective is to create huge number of acts that will lay foundation to protect women from all the discrimination as well as ensure gender equality. CEDAW can be ratified by more than 180 countries. This bill comprises of incorporating 30 articles that touches discrimination against women. By the virtue of International Human Rights treaty, it targets various number of issues that generally involve the discrimination against gender. 
As per the convention, policies have to be framed to forbid discrimination based on gender as well as secure equal compensation for the work performed, maternity, rights to reproduce and to avail the opportunities for employment in the workforce, society and workforce as a whole.
Primary objective of CEDAW is to eliminate any and all types of discrimination which are performed against women as well as safeguard the reproductive rights.

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