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Poverty in Australia Assignment

   

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Implications of international human rightsinstruments to Social issues in Australia

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Child poverty..........................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTIONInternational human rights are the laws which protects obligations and duties in order tofulfil the human rights. The essay will cover a brief introduction about international human rightsrelated to Australia. Moreover, children poverty in Australia is one of the major issue in nation.In this context, the impact of international human rights instruments will be explained in thisstudy. In addition, it will outline Australia commitment to international standards and ways inwhich they are included in policies, legislations and practices. MAIN BODYPoverty in Australia is one of the major concern and advocacy focus of ACOSS(Australian Council of Social Service). There are different ways to measure poverty such as,such as income or wealth, poverty lines, etc. These measures helps the government to measurethe rate of poverty in the country. The government of country is determined to eradicate orreduce the poverty level in order maintain the reputation of country. In addition, child poverty isa major issue as there are 7,31,000 children in Australia amongst 3 million people who areliving in poverty. One in six of children under age of 15 lives in poverty which implies that outof total population 17.4% lives below poverty line. (Quinn and Alston, 2017). Child povertyInternational human rights law lays down obligation which states bound to respect. Laws,obligations and duties under international law is to protect and fulfil human rights. Australia hasa strong and proud record towards human rights. The record in not perfect as some people deniedbasic rights due to the race, sex, colour and sexuality or other aspects of who they are. SomeAustralian groups are vulnerable towards human rights abuses which includes asylum seekers,migrant from non-speaking background and individuals living below poverty line. 40% of all children in Australia live in single parent house. Children who are notprovided with clothes, food and other necessary materials affects on their growth. This impactnegatively on the health of children and ultimately they suffered from harmful disease. This willhave a negative impact on their education, development and employment opportunities in thefuture. Poverty is not about number, it has a real impact on lives of children. Children andwomen are mostly affected with the poverty due to the lower employment (Boyden, 2015). It isresponsibility of everyone, especially the local government to reduce the poverty level inchildren to make their future bright. 1

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