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• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Background
• Chapter 2: Experiences of discrimination, vilification & prejudice
• Chapter 3: Impacts and responses
• Chapter 4: Current Strategies
• Chapter 5: Future Strategies
• Appendices

Table of Contents

Foreword

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 : Background

• 1.1 The Ismaع
  project
  • 1.1.1 The role
    of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
  • 1.1.2 The project reference
    group
  • 1.1.3 Methodology
  • 1.1.4 Terminology
• 1.2 Who are Arab
  and Muslim Australians?
  • 1.2.1 Arab Australians
  • 1.2.2 Muslim Australians
• 1.3 Legal background
  • 1.3.1 Federal laws
  • 1.3.2 State and territory
    laws
• 1.4 Overview of
  laws protecting people because of their race or religion
• 1.5 Previous research
  • 1.5.1 National Inquiry
    into Racist Violence (1991)
  • 1.5.2 Review of the
    Racial Discrimination Act (1995-96)
  • 1.5.3 National inquiry
    into freedom of religion and belief (1997-98)
  • 1.5.4 E-race forum
    on Islamophobia (2003)

Chapter 2 : Experiences of
discrimination, vilification and prejudice

• 2.1 The extent
  of discrimination, vilification and prejudice
• 2.2 Types
  of experiences
  • 2.2.1 Violence
  • 2.2.2 Discrimination
  • 2.2.3 Vilification
• 2.3 Places where
  violence, discrimination and vilification occur
  • 2.3.1 On the street
  • 2.3.2 At home
  • 2.3.3 In transit
  • 2.3.4 In shops and
    shopping centres
  • 2.3.5 At school,
    college or university
  • 2.3.6 At work
  • 2.3.7 In the media
  • 2.3.8 Government
    agencies

Chapter 3 : Impacts and responses

• 3.1 Impacts
  • 3.1.1 General impacts
  • 3.1.2 Impacts on
    women
  • 3.1.3 Impacts on
    children and young people
  • 3.1.4 Impacts on
    migrants and refugees
  • 3.1.5 Impacts on
    communities
• 3.2 Responses
  • 3.2.1 Avoidance
  • 3.2.2 Speaking back
  • 3.2.3 Constructive
    engagement
  • 3.2.4 Formal complaints

Chapter 4: Current strategies

• 4.1 Crisis responses
  • 4.1.1 Federal government
  • 4.1.2 State and territory
    governments
  • 4.1.3 Local governments
  • 4.1.4 Community organizations
• 4.2 Long-term strategies
  • 4.2.1 Federal government
  • 4.2.2 State and territory
    governments
  • 4.2.3 Local governments
  • 4.2.4 Non-government
    and community organizations

Chapter 5 : Future strategies

• 5.1 Improving legal
  protection
  • 5.1.1 Federal legislative
    reform
  • 5.1.2 Improving access
    to legal protection
• 5.2 Education
  • 5.2.1 Public Education
  • 5.2.2 Educating young
    people
  • 5.2.3 Educating service
    providers
  • 5.2.4 Employer obligations
• 5.3 Public language
  • 5.3.1 Public language
    – media
  • 5.3.2 Public language
    – police
• 5.4 Law enforcement
• 5.5 Community action
  • 5.5.1 Leadership
  • 5.5.2 Education
  • 5.5.3 Support
• 5.6 Public support

Appendices

• Appendix
  1: Consultations by State and Territory
• Appendix 2: Facts
  on Arab Australians
• Appendix 3: Facts
  on Australian Muslims

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Opportunity Commission's Publications Unit (free of charge).

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Format and PDF
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Last updated 16 June 2004.