from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community decided to litigate it in court until Mabo and others from Murray Island took initiative. Eddie Mabo 's campaign for civil rights succeeded through legislation such as the Mabo Decision, Native Title Act, and the Wik Decision. Their campaign was highly effective in the way of Aboriginal civil rights; the Mabo case and its subsequent outcomes became significant for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community. The policies of Terra…
Part A-Timeline of Significant Events in the Changing of Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Australians: 1948- It is stated on the Youth for Human Rights webpage After the Second World War, wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, led a committee of people to write up a special document that stated the basic human rights that everyone in the world should have. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the 10th of December,…
Is TITLE IX helping Women’s Sports Why have women joined more sports? Women have joined more sports since 1972 when TITLE IX first started. Title IX states no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation. So it’s clear that although some believe it’s not helping women’s sports. Title IX advances women’s sports for two main reasons. First, more women participated in the Olympic games since 1972. The second reason is importantly, equitable facilities had…
Why Title IX is necessary for protecting Woman: What do Serena Williams, Hope Solo, and Ronda Rousey all have in common? All three are spectacular women athletes who dominated their sport. All three of these women also benefited from the law known as Title IX. Title IX is a federal law that forbids any persons in the United States from being discriminated against or withheld from participating in events because of their gender or sex. Thanks to this beneficial law women all over the nation have…
Reasons for selection Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner, written in 1980, tells the story of a boy, living with his grandfather, who must find a way to save his grandfather’s farm from the tax collector. Gardiner tells this story of a boy, set in Wyoming, where sled dogs were common and $500 was enough for a farmer to lose his farm. The idea for the story was originally heard by the author in 1974 and the ending was “reported to have happened” (Gardiner 1980). The film was later made into…
Men’s Athletics and Title IX Title IX was passed in 1972 as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 and it protects both women and men from discrimination based on sex. The 1972 version of Title IX does not mention sports or athletics once (Goldman, 2012). In 1975, Title IX was updated to prohibit sex discrimination of athletes at educational institutions who received federal funding (Owoc, n.d.). The update required that any athlete competing in interscholastic, club, intercollegiate or…
Australian indigenous people lived on this land for up to 60,000 years before Europe discovered the country and claimed settlement. The ingenious people lived their own lives, spoke their own language and had their own lifestyle. They believed they belonged to the land. They lived semi nomadic lifestyles traveling seasonally letting their previous land to re-flourish. This all changed in 1788 when the British claimed settlement. Australian indigenous people could no longer live the way they knew…
information presented below. The information used for this particular research paper was used to highlight what some might perceive to be the strengths as well as weaknesses when it comes to Title IX. Based upon the obvious strengths and weaknesses, one will integrate more research by showing the correlation between Title IX’s strengths and weaknesses to that of several other case studies and explain how those studies fuse with managerial practices that have been previously established by…
5.1 Board of Directors - Names and Qualifications The board of directors will bear the ultimate authority and accountability for every decision upheld by the company (Snyder, 2016). Board members are the fiduciaries who steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies, as well as by making sure the company has adequate resources to advance its mission. More so, it will set policies for the company and goals for…
days relate to the sadness, loss and denial in their history, and their fight for rights, for land and for recognition. Special days of significance may include the following: • 13 February - Anniversary of the Apology In 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, MP officially apologised nationally for the past injustices to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. (Australian Government). • 26 May - National Sorry Day A day to remember and commemorate the history of unjust…