Cultural Diversity News
SBS World News app
Tuesday, 12 July 2011 16:46
SBS’s World News Australia iPad
app debuted as ‘App of the Week’ this week. The iPad app will
complement the World News Australia website and the iPhone app and
it allows users to interact with the content by commenting or
sharing it via social media. Both iPhone and iPad apps were developed in
partnership with TigerSpike and when the iPhone app was launched in May
it was also featured as ‘App of the Week’ in iTunes. SBS World News
Australia is looking at developing an app for the Android platforms.
Sultana's Dream: new online magazine for and by Muslim Women
Friday, 08 July 2011 11:25
Muslim women have greeted enthusiastically the idea of a publication created and produced by Australian Muslim women. Muslim women have traditionally, (if not always in practice) formed a strong sisterhood, and it is in the spirit of this ideal that the editors and publisher hope Sultana’s Dream will help to address a problem of long standing. Muslim women need a public space to speak out on a broad range of interests of concern to them and their families. Some of these will come under the ambit of specific ‘Muslim-type’ issues; others will be as wide-ranging as voicing an opinion on health services, literature, Australian politics; fashions, sport—anything and everything—the kind of topics some people call ‘mainstream’ and assume that we have no interest in or views on.
Read more: Sultana's Dream: new online magazine for and by Muslim Women
Mapping Australia's Population
Thursday, 07 July 2011 11:20
Monash Site on Population contains the following information: Australia is a major country of immigration. In 2010, an estimated 26.4% of the population in Australia was born overseas. This compares with 21.3% in Canada, 13.5% in the United States of America and 10.4% in the United Kingdom.
The material on this site was compiled by Prof. Andrew Markus and is provided to further informed understanding of (1) Australian public opinion on immigration and population issues and (2) population change in Australia, as indicated by statistics detailing immigration and population growth.
International Year for Peoples of African Descent Statement “Peoples of African Descent: Recognition
Wednesday, 06 July 2011 15:46
On 18 December 2009, the United
Nations General Assembly proclaimed the year beginning 1 January 2011
as the International Year for People of African Descent This year is aimed
at strengthening national and regional actions as well as international cooperation for
the benefit of
people of African descent; in relation to their full enjoyment of economic,
cultural, social, civil and political rights
With a
particular focus on participation and integration in all political, economic,
social and cultural aspects of society, and the promotion of a greater knowledge
of and respect for the diverse heritage and culture of people of
African descent.
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