World Day of Social Justice: Date, theme and all you need to know

On 26 November 2007, the General Assembly declared that February 20 will be celebrated annually as the World Day of Social Justice.

The aim behind starting this day was to create awareness about the importance of social justice. The UN General Assembly started the day to tackle issue which has plagued humanity. The aim is to propagate equality as much as possible on various grounds and eradicate discrimination and injustice.

The day was commenced to encourage countries to find ways through which we can achieve poverty eradication, promote full employment and decent work, ensure gender equality and access to social well-being and justice for all.

The theme for this year is “Overcoming Barriers and Unleashing Opportunities for Social Justice"

The theme comes in the view of observed poverty and inequalities within and among countries are on the rise in many parts of the world. The economic and social crises of recent years have been exacerbated by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical tensions and armed conflicts.

Therefore, considering these multiple crises and with the aim to overcoming them, there are many opportunities to build a coalition for social justice and to unleash greater investments in decent jobs, with a particular focus on the green, digital and care economy, and on young people, states the UN website.