Aboriginal Rights Coalition Australia

Organization's name: Aboriginal Rights Coalition Australia
Organization's acronym: University of Sydney
Former Name(s): University of Sydney
Headquarters address  
Address: 86 Forbes St, Woolloomooloo
Woolloomooloo
Sydney
Australia
Phone: 431323622
Email: cathy.eatock@gmail.com
Web site: http://aboriginalrightscoalition.wordpress.com
Organization type: Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Languages:
  • English

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
Economic and Social:
  • Development
  • Human Rights
  • Indigenous Peoples

Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
  • Human rights of women
  • Indigenous women
  • Violence against women

Social Development:
  • Indigenous issues
  • Social policy

Sustainable Development:
  • Capacity-building
  • Climate change
  • Gender equality
  • Major Groups
Geographic scope: International
Country of activity:
  • Australia
Millennium Development Goals:
  • Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:
Year established (YYYY): 2007
Organizational structure: Cathy Eatock Chairperson Lyle Davis Deputy Chair
Number and type of members: Cathy Eatock is the current Chair of the ARCA. The membership of the ARCA is 42 members. The organisation is a coalition of Aboriginal members who have full membership with full voting rights and non Aboriginal supporters who have Associate Membership with non voting rights.
Affiliation with NGO networks: Member of the Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination and Liberation
Funding structure:
  • Donations and grants from domestic sources
Funding structure other: The organisation is voluntary and mostly non funded

Additional Information

Social Development

Accreditation to: Indigenous Forum
Affiliation with other organizations: 1) Cathryn Eatock, of the Kairi & Gubbi Gubbi/Batjula People of Central Queensland, Australia. Is an Executive and founding member of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition. Also a member of the national Congrees of Australia's First Peoples and a member of Unions NSW Aboriginal Committee. 2) Lyal Davis of the Yuin people of the South Coast of NSW. Is a member of the Aboriginal Rights Coalition.
Purpose of the organization: The Aboriginal Rights Coalition(ARC)is an Aboriginal community organisation that advocated for the rights of Aboriginal and Islander peoples. The ARC was initially established to campaigned against the Northern Territory Emergency Response(NTER). The ARC also campaigns on a broader Aboriginal rights agenda driven by the Aboriginal community, including on the issues of women, violence and land rights among others.