(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The centre is a new community organisation which will advocate on human rights issues and provide welfare services to Muslim women.
McClelland said he was pleased to support the new organisation which would be run by the Islamic Women's Welfare Council of Victoria.
"There is a strong history of human rights advocacy at the grassroots level in Australia and I'm pleased this tradition continues today," McClelland said in a statement.
"The Government - working with community organisations and leading advocacy groups such as the Australian Human Rights Council - is playing an important role in contributing to a vibrant and tolerant society."
McClelland said the organisers of the Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights had said the creation of the new centre would bring a human rights approach on issues of disadvantage and inequality for Muslim women across Australia.
McClelland said Australians enjoyed rights that were unavailable in many countries.
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