Social Justice
Social Justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. Justice means truth, morality, equality, fairness, and mercy. Social justice concerns the obligation of individuals to the community and its end of the common good.
Components of social justice
- Equitable society, distribution of profit/loss without prejudice
- Healthy social relation, participation in decision making process.
- Accountable government
- Decentralization of governance
- A free and Fair judicial system
- Easy/equal aceess to information, services and resources
Why Social Justice?
- To protect community that are marginalized
- To convert state to welfare state
- To eradicate class divide and disparity
- To address monopoly, conflict, and protest
Efforts on social justice
- UN universal declaration of Human rights, 1948
- Human-centered development approach
- British bill of rights 1689
- US revolution 1776
- French revolution 1789
- Convention on elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against women (CEDAW) (1979) by UNGA
- MDG to promote social justice
Social Justice efforts in Nepal
- Constitution of Nepal 2072 – Fundamental rights (part 3)
- Right to social justice (article 42)
- Right to equality (article 18)
- Human rights commission Act 2053
- Social welfare act 2049
Programs to promote social justice
- Promote language, literature, script art and architecture of all
- locals participation in natural resource usage
- Equitable distribution of benefit form natural resources use
- Improve employment opportunity, public health, and the rural economy
- Special care to elderly , differently-abled, women and childern