Last Updated on 19 February 2023, 4:55 PM IST: World Day of Social Justice is also known as Social Justice Equality Day. It is an international day celebrated annually with the aim to promote social justice and address issues like poverty, exclusion, gender equality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections. We ought to take the stand for social justice and create awareness in the entire world. Also know about the spiritual injustice happening with humans and how it can be prevented.

World Day of Social Justice 2023: Highlights

• World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually on February 20.
• The International Labour Organization, an agency of the United Nations, adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on June 10, 2008.
• This year’s theme for WDSJ is “Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice” 
• This day highlights the need to combat the challenges in the path to achieve social justice including serious financial crises, insecurity, poverty, exclusion and inequality within societies.
• Globalization and Interdependence also play a key role in economic development and improving the standard of living of people around the world.
• Sat Bhakti is the only key to fight and overcome any sort of challenge.
• True spiritual knowledge by Saint Rampal ji Maharaj is being followed by millions of people around the world. As per their experiences, Saint Rampal ji is building the world free from all types of injustice and inequalities. 

What Is World Day of Social Justice?

Firstly, we need to understand Social Justice. It is the balance between individuals and society measured by comparing distribution of wealth differences, from personal liberties to fair privilege opportunities. As mentioned by the United Nations, social development and social justice play a crucial role in maintaining peace and security within and among nations. And in turn both can neither be attained in absence of peace and security nor in absence of respect for human rights and fundamental freedom.

What Is the History of World Day of Social Justice?

In March 1995, the World Summit for Social Development was held in Copenhagen, reaffirming the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action.

Nearly ten years later during the session of the Commission of Social Development in February 2005 , the UN’s member states reviewed Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action and recalled the commitment to promote national and global economic systems based on the principles of justice, equity and democracy. And further decided to celebrate a special day for the promotion of concrete activities in accordance with the objectives and goals of the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly.

When Is World Day of Social Justice Observed?

On November 26, 2007, the UN General Assembly declared that, starting from the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, 20 February will be observed as the World Day of Social Justice. It was first observed in 2009.

What Is the Aim of World Day of Social Justice?

According to the United Nations, the day urges a need for a collective effort by international communities to search for solutions to achieve sustainable development, eradicate poverty, promote full employment and decent work, universal social protection, gender equality and access to social well-being and justice for all.

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Thus, it aims at encouraging dialogue with member States and relevant UN institutions and other stakeholders for actions needed to overcome the digital divide, provide decent work opportunities and safeguard labour and human rights.

What Is WDSJ (World Day of Social Justice) 2023 Theme?

The theme for World Social justice 2023 is “Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice” Every year, a new theme is announced for the day and the celebrations take place around the same specific theme. According to the United Nations, equality and non-discriminated informal employment are stepping stones to social justice therefore in 2023 such a theme has been chosen. 

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This year’s theme focuses on the recommendations of Our Common Agenda to strengthen global solidarity and to rebuild trust in government . It also provides an opportunity to foster dialogue with Member States, youth, social partners, civil society, UN organizations and other stakeholders on actions needed to strengthen the social contract that has been fractured by rising inequalities, conflicts and weakened institutions that are meant to protect the rights of workers. 

WDSJ Efforts for Attaining Social Justice in Post Covid Times

To address the issues related to the nature of employment, the United Nations has taken various measures stated below:

• For medium and small enterprises, promote international policy dialogue and coordination to ensure the regulation and applicability of universal labour standards.
• For workers, provide income generating opportunities, ensure fair working conditions, social protection and adequate standard of living, skills utilization, and the right to form or join trade unions.
• For traditional businesses, combat the challenges of unavailability of digital infrastructure, lack of funding and unfair competition.

What Is Spiritual Injustice?

At present, there is yet another injustice called spiritual injustice which is hidden to most of the people because people nowadays have neglected God and rather prefer to go after making money. We all humans here are under a common disease called the disease of taking birth and dying again and again, sometimes taking birth as an animal or sometimes as a human being. And keeping us unaware about the methodology to attain freedom from taking births again and again (or salvation) is the spiritual injustice we are suffering from. This is in the best interest of Satan (Kaal Brahm) because we serve as food to him after our deaths.   

World Day of Social Justice 2023 Quotes

• There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” – Elie Weasel
• “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. ” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
• “Justice? — You get justice in the next world. In this one you have the law.” -William Gaddis
• “Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.” -Pope John Paul II
• Every soul is equal in the eyes of Supreme God Kabir as He is the sole Father of each and every soul present out here.

Fight Against Spiritual Injustice: Take SatBhakti by Saint Rampal Ji Maharaj

Saint Rampal ji Maharaj is giving us the right method of worship to attain salvation by worshipping Supreme God Kabir. He is the only one who is fighting against all the odds to deliver the right method of worship to us, which was hidden from us till now and was never told by any other Guru or Acharya.

Devotees of Sant Rampal ji Maharaj are being interviewed by various news channels, wherein they clearly mention about the SatBhakti given by Sant Rampal ji which is the only solution to all problems. SatBhakti plays a key role in providing benefits to them. And, this is also the only point of emphasis of Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj’s discourses. Benefits include social, physical, economical and many more. They also mention that there is no inequality, injustice of any type amongst the devotees as all souls are children belonging to their only Father “God Kabir Saheb”. 

Kabir ji has said below lines: –

Maut bisaari murkha, Achraj kiya kaun |

Tan mitti mein mil jayega, Jyon aate mein laun ||

Take Naam Diksha (Initiation) From Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj

Get the right way of living by which one can attain salvation. Grab this opportunity and take refuge in Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj without wasting the precious time of human life.  Also Listen to His Sermons on Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj YouTube Channel and read the “Way of Living” Book.

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