Social justice

The AASW is the representative body for social workers in Australia. Site includes publications and news relevant to the profession.

The Australian Council of Social Service is the peak body of the community services and welfare sector and the national voice for the needs of people affected by poverty and inequality.

The Australian Government Attorney-General's Department serves the people of Australia by providing essential expert support to the Government in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice and its national security and emergency management systems.The Department is the central policy and coordinating element of the Attorney-General's portfolio for which the Attorney-General and Minister for Home Affairs are responsible.

"The Australian Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory organisation, established by an act of Federal Parliament. We protect and promote human rights in Australia and internationally." - homepage

The Australian Institute of Family Studies is an independent statutory authority which originated in the Australian Family Law Act (1975).

Australian Policy Online offers easy access to much of the best Australian social, economic, cultural and political research available online.

Includes full text publications, media releases and links to consumer health information.

"The aim of the Clearinghouse is to promote discussion and disseminate relevant Indigenous justice information to government policy makers and those working in the Indigenous justice field." - homepage

Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) provides a voice for and with Queenslanders affected by poverty and inequality and acts as the state-wide council that leads on issues of significance to the social, community and health sectors. QCOSS is a member of a nation wide network of State and Territory Councils and the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS).

Access information about the payments and services available for raising kids, living arrangements, ageing, work, education and health and disability.

Campaigning for an effective system of international justice to ensure justice, truth and full reparations for crimes under international law: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, torture, extrajudicial executions and enforced disappearances

"Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes."

Information on chronic diseases, injuries, disabilities, and travellers' health. Prevention guidelines, plus full-text Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

The IFSW site includes a range of publications with information on programs, human rights, policy making and ethics.

Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.

By making individual governments recognise the interdependence of their economies, it paved the way for a new era of cooperation that was to change the face of Europe. Other countries joined in, starting with Japan in 1964. Today, 34 OECD member countries worldwide regularly turn to one another to identify problems, discuss and analyse them, and promote policies to solve them.

United Nations homepage includes links to UN pages on Human Rights, Economic and Social Development, Humanitarian Affairs and International Law.

"17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests."

Includes information about WHO programmes, statistical information, full text publications, press releases and newsletters.