Social Justice is important for the welfare of society and communities as a whole, ensuring social Justice and other responsibilities leads to satisfaction and pleasure of life, as well as the respect and royalty to our leaders, however, people are treated unjust and eventually rebel against one another to make, robbery and other forms of valiance against humanities.
Social Justice is a concept of fair and just relations between the individual and society. This is to ensure that people in the community fulfil their societal roles and receive what was due them from the community because segregation and cheating is very painful.
In the global world, do we have social justice by helping one another and accepted fair role in our public and private sectors? Social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality and involves a greater degree of economic issues.
According to the creation of the universe, God is a God of justice and the bible supports the notion of social justice in which concern and care are shown to the plight of the poor and afflicted (Deuteronomy 32:4 & chpt10:18-19); love your neighbour as yourself (Matthew 22:39), but because of greedy and selfish notions we hate our brothers and sisters by killing them for money and other spiritual rams.
Innocent youths are being jailed without social justice and mercy towards them though some of them are a threat to the communities. Those who are crying out are not just crying out for themselves, they are crying out for the right of others, for the sanctity enshrines in the constitution, for democracy, and for the children of tomorrow.
In addition to this fact, people are underlying principles for peace and prosperous coexistence within and among global. We uphold the principles of social justice when we protect gender equality and other expatriates (migrants).
Consequently, we advance S.J when we remove obstacles that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability. ( that is commonwealth values). There is a need to promote social justice and the development of human dignity.
Martin Luther King JNR. One of his sayings expresses that ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Some lawyers are not there to defend weary people in difficult situations but they are there to find money in their pockets. Poor and needy people are suffering in our societies thus professionals should stand up to educate and defend models of social injustice in our communities.
In conclusion, if we are not just with ourselves, we will find it very difficult to look for justice with others. In order to become a social justice advocate, there is a need to lead a healthy life by being fair to yourself as well as others and you will experience joy, inspiration and love in abundance measures.
The writer is an Alumni of the Commonwealth Youth Program (CYP).
University of Ghana and Ghana Institute of Journalism.
Source: Modern Ghana
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