World Day of Social Justice 2021: World social justice day is commemorated on 20th February every year. The day has its own motive and aim to promote social justice in the entire world.
Social justice refers to equal opportunities, distribution of wealth, healthcare facilities and privileges within a society. Social justice also includes human rights and looking after people who have historically faced discrimination based on race, religion, sex and economic background.
However, social justice has become an unfulfilled dream of a nation like ours, where people are still battling for their rights, their problems to be heard and to get an essence of freedom to be loved irrespective of their gender.
Though, the battle is still going on, but the world do need to take steps beyond such disparities so that the people out there can attain everything they have desired for and live their life to the utmost without taking any cuss.
World Social Justice Day Significance
The concept of social justice first emerged in the 19th century when the wide disparities in wealth and amenities perpetuated through the social structure of the times. During the Industrial Revolution, philosophers and activists first attempted to promote equality and stop exploitation of marginalized people.
World Day of Social Justice 2021 Theme
Over the last few years, countries have increasingly focused on the digital economy and expansion in broadband connectivity. This has led to the revolutionising of digital platforms in all sectors.
Though this provides many opportunities and has prompted people to ‘work from home’ amid the pandemic, it has also “laid bare and exacerbated the growing digital divide within” in developed and developing countries, according to the United Nations.
Social justice in a digital economy has become a necessity as traditional workforces have started suffering. Local wage earners and small businesses are facing challenges like unfair competition. Also not everyone is able to keep up and adapt to the digital transformations. Many do not even have access to the digital infrastructure and funding necessary.
This year’s World Social Justice day theme constituted as “ A Call for Social Justice in the Digital Economy” which thereby focusing on the necessities of the people who have no access to the resources amid rapid increase in the technology that has been resulted in “digital divide”
World Social Justice Day: 5 important aspects
Employment growth since 2008 has averaged only 0.1% annually, compared with 0.9% between 2000 and 2007
“Over 60 per cent of all workers lack any kind of employment contract
Fewer than 45 percent of wage and salaried workers are employed on a full-time, permanent basis, and even that share is declining
By 2019, more than 212 million people were out of work, up from 201 million in previous years
600 million new jobs need to be created.
