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ASSESSMENT 1:

Question-1 In the lecture 1 conclusion (slide 33) it says that "Most people draw on the welfare state at some time in their lives". Identify five ways an average person might draw on the welfare state at some time in their life?

Question-2
In lecture 2 (slide 3) it describes a limited safety net as being the "ambulance waiting at the bottom of the cliff". What does this mean? Provide between 3 - 6 sentences to answer the question.

Question-3
Go the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) Website found at Home | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice link. Look through the information provided in the relevant AHRC web pages and identify the four fundamental rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples identified in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). What are these four fundamental rights?

Question-4
Go the AHRC Website found at Home | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Children's Rights link. Look through the information provided in the relevant AHRC web pages and find the link to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

a) Drawing from the CRC, list eight special rights that apply to children.

b) Identify two different welfare services for children, and explain what these services do to promote and protect two or more of the rights you have just listed (in 4a).

Question-5
Go the AHRC Website found at Home | Australian Human Rights Commission Scroll down and click on the Disability Rights link. Look through the information provided.

a) In your own words (you must paraphrase), what is the purpose of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? Provide 2 - 4 sentences to answer this question.

b) Identify two difference welfare services for people with disabilities, and explain what these services do to promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities. Provide 2 - 4 sentences to answer this question.

Question-6 Go the Sex Discrimination part of the AHRC Website found at About Sex Discrimination | Australian Human Rights Commission

a) Identify two changes that need to be achieved in order for women to achieve gender equality

b) Identify a service, policy or law that is designed to address each of the two problems you identified in 6a