M.A population Studies principle od demography II women and social justice if any mistakes, suggest me to improve it. thank you hope its useful for all :)

1. Women and Social Justice
Roji Maharjan
M.A Population studies
Principle of Demography II
Padma Kanya Multiple Campus
2078/02/26

2. Objective:
• To know about women in respect to social justice

3. Social justice
• Ideal condition in which all members of a society have the same basic
rights, security, opportunities and social benefits.
• Promotes the social functioning of individuals / groups and protects
their rights.
• The idea of a society which gives individuals and groups fair
treatment and a just share of the benefits of society equally.
• The view that everyone deserves equal economic, political,
social rights and opportunities.
• Equality for all, Distribution of wealth, Just/fair, Human rights,
Awareness, Charity, Responsibility.
• It covers: Criminal Justice system, Poverty, Gender/Race Equality, The
Environment, Global justice.

4. Women and Social Justice
• Women play important role in the society as caretaker, educators,
work force, volunteers, supporting household, leader, head of the
family and many more.
• Men and women are equally important in the society and
communities but men are considered to be the leader of the family
and superior than women.
• Predominant patriarchal society in Nepal, women are generally
subordinate to men.
• Social norms and values are biased in favor of men.
• Daughters are deprived of many privileges, including rights,
education, healthcare, parental property rights, social status, last rites
of dead parents, and are thought to be other's property and liabilities.

6. • The status of women in Nepal remains very poor in terms of health,
education, income, decision-making, and access to policy making.
• Literacy rates are substantially lower than men's, Violence against
women is still common, and there are not enough women in
professions.
• While the 1990 Constitution guaranteed fundamental rights to all
citizens without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, caste, religion,
or sex, modernizing society along with reach of education to the general
population itself has played an important role to promote gender
equality.
• Social justice have changed roles of women in various ways.
• Conferences like ICPD, Beijing conference, SDG, MDG, constitutions of
Nepal, different planning commission have addressed the women’s
goodness, welfare, rights and securities.

7. • Women are now taking leadership roles and participating in decision
making at all levels.
• Defying cultural traditions, and are becoming community leaders,
foreign employer, environmentalists, politicians, business owners and
more.
• Undergone a massive transformation and their rights have been
secured by the constitution.
• In several cases and regions, restrain themselves from implementing
certain aspects of these laws and don't accept equal role, status and
right for women.
• Existing laws are inadequate to deal with sexual offenses and Nepal
has no law to deal with sexual harassment but new laws amending.

8. • Dowry system, child marriage, gender inequalities, widows system,
violence have taken lives of people and affected mentally and physically
in many places but social justice have brought some how positive
changes in that field too.
• Maternal mortality decreasing, health facilities are accessible, women’s
education and empowerment, nutrition, family planning, safe
motherhood, reproductive health are playing great role in enhancing
women’s status.
• Abolished Sati system, provision on property rights, the right to divorce
under certain conditions, a legalization of abortion, and increased
punishments for rapists, daughter can get equal parental property, a
child can acquire citizenship in the name of his/her mother, in every
governmental office a 20% quota and 33% of seats are preserved in
parliament for women.

9. • Concept of social justice have brought up huge changes in status of
women. General statistic of women according to census 2011 is:
Female population- 51.50% maternal mortality- 170
Women in parliament- 33.2% female householder- 25.7%
Literacy rate of female- 57.4% fertility rate- 2.6
Women in labor force- 80.4% life expectancy (female)- 64.5 yrs
• As a conclusion—
• Social justice is idea of providing equal rights, opportunities and
benefits.
• This idea in the social justice have improved health status, economic,
social, political and educational status of women.
• It had help them to uplift themselves and their status and had
brought up positive changes in the development of the country as
well.

10. Thank You !!