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European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights (ENIAR) is a European wide non-profit organisation that promotes awareness of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues and to provide information for Indigenous Australians about European and international organisations. Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...
A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ...
Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. ...
Torres Strait Islander Flag Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, Australia. ...
ENIAR is an extremely enthusiastic group of volunteers who recognise the appalling human rights violations still suffered by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
Through events such as the Sorry Book Signing (1998), The Long Walk in London (2005) through to the Sorry Day UK 2006, ENIAR aims to provide an opportunity for Indigenous rights to be raised in an international forum. ENIAR's website highlights Indigenous Australian events around Europe. ENIAR formed in May 1998 from the Australian and European based work of individuals and organisations and is committed to human rights and social justice for all Indigenous Australians. 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Social justice is a philosophical definition of justice, that is, giving individuals or groups their due within society as a whole. ...
ENIAR, not affiliated to any government or commercial bodies, is not for profit and run and funded entirely by volunteers working at festivals in the United Kingdom.
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European Network for Indigenous Australian Rights Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) |