2009 Juanita Nielsen Memorial Lecture
Guest Speaker: Professor Larissa Behrendt on 'Indigenous people and human rights: a litmus test for social policy'
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Jun 01, 2009 from 06:15 pm to 08:30 pm |
| Where | Mori Gallery, 168 Day Street, Sydney |
| Contact Name | Linda Wilhelm |
| Contact Phone | 9230 3551 |
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The Northern Territory intervention and other policies that target Aboriginal communities ignore international human rights standards. This lecture will explore the false dichotomy being presented by proponents of Indigenous policy who assert that it is necessary to suspend basic human rights in order to achieve policy aims.
Prof. Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman and Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. She holds positions on the Land and Environment Court, Serious Offenders Review Board, Bangarra Dance Theatre, National Indigenous Television Ltd, Museum of Contemporary Art and Tranby Aboriginal College.
Eleanor Gibbs will speak on the life and times of Juanita Nielsen. El is a Greens Councillor in the Blue Mountains who has worked for over a decade for not-for-profit and community organisations, with a particular focus on young people and housing.
