By: Chiranjivi Neupane
Fair and just relation is a requirement of a socially driven world that we live in. Cooperative society development for fairness and fair prosperous balanced and driven society with individualized yet cordial societal roles performed by the individuals be it in a team or separately is what creates the foundation of social justice.
Social justice is basically a well dreamt equitable society free of prejudice and with a government that is well accountable and judicial system spreading proper governance, protecting the vulnerable and the marginalized and not letting conflict appear or resolving the conflict within the boundary of law and just societal and international norms is a requirement/necessity.
In a country with more youth and also a country(Nepal) being a developing country, inspiring change and vocally or through any medium expressing the need to gain and get justice creates its importance even more.
With International labor organization attaining 100 years of working for social justice; Nepal as a country has to agree on ILO’s statement that “ Universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice.”
I believe that social justice for the people and by the people should be the motto of every individual and then only a country can be systematized and a country can move forward towards fair wage, free of child, forced and bonded labor conditions, be it mentally or physically, get all the access to occupational health and safety, Trade unions fair demand is treated and is addressed fairly with social security for the public.
From the indigenous group, vulnerable groups, to any people/human within the boundary of human rights should enjoy social justice. No patriarchy based discrimination, no women based discrimination, no caste -no race-based discrimination should prevail and only after which we can say that social justice is moving forward.
I believe that social justice is beyond psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, social policy research, and others; having said that it is very much part of it. It is well rooted and is the proper distribution of fundamental rights.
Social justice and reminiscing social justice reminds me of the statement, I had read somewhere; “What a beautiful site it would be if everybody was treated right”
If every individual becomes accountable for their action, then social justice would not be a fighting word for human civilization at all. In a country like Nepal with 753 municipal level governments with 35,041 of elected representatives and of the women making up 14,339, of which Dalit women are 6,793, and Dalit men comprise 994, we have to make social justice a priority and take this movement forward as a nationwide campaign of desire. Social justice should be for and by the people.
