Under the Australian government’s Human Rights Framework, the Australian Human Rights Commission received funding over four years (2010-2014) to expand our community education and engagement role.
The Commission has established a Community Engagement Team to expand our education and engagement role. Initial priorities include:
- Engaging the community
We are developing a strategy to encourage human rights debate and action in the broad Australian community.
- Human rights education in the national school curriculum
A national school curriculum is currently being drafted. It will outline the content that all students in Australia should be taught. The Commission is participating in consultations on the draft curriculum and recommending ways in which the human rights content in the curriculum can be strengthened.
- Human rights education materials - RightsED
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s human rights education resources for teachers – rightsED - aims to help students develop a critical understanding of human rights and responsibilities, as well as developing the attitudes, behaviours and skills to apply them in everyday life.
The Commission did not receive any funding to provide human rights education grants or project grants. See the Attorney-General’s department website for information on grants.
Further information and contacts
For further information on the Commission’s human rights education resources for teachers join our mailing list or email education@humanrights.gov.au
To contact the Community Engagement Team email communityengagement@humanrights.gov.au
Please provide your feedback
We are always working to improve our human rights education resources to ensure that they are useful to teachers and engaging and informative for students.
Feel free to email your comments to: education@humanrights.gov.au or fill out the Feedback and Evaluation form online.
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