This document discusses inequality, conflict, and social justice. It notes that inequality based on attributes like gender, race, and class is still widespread globally and has increased conflicts. Gender inequality especially has deep historical roots and women still face oppression in many societies through lower pay, lack of work opportunities, and political underrepresentation. Achieving social justice requires more equal representation and opportunities regardless of gender or other attributes through anti-discrimination policies in areas like the economy, healthcare, education, and housing. Revising gender roles to promote women's independence could also help reduce inequality and its negative impacts.

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Inequality and Conflict and Social Justice
Inequality one of the common vices in the modern 21st century where the oppression in
terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity and political affiliations are still common throughout the world.
This is a trend which is even worse off in the third world developing countries in the world
majorly in Asia and Africa. Income related inequalities and uneven distribution of property have
seen a huge gap between the rich and the poor and has accelerated the rate of crime in some
areas (Goodwin, 2007). It shows a tremendous regress to social justice as the systems get to
favor the well of rather have a system where they rich get richer and poor poorer making it hard
for the latter to get out of the misery.
Gender inequality has been seen from time in memorial as seen in religion where in the
bible it was not possible for the women to go to the temple or become priest. Their roles were
well defined as inferior especially showing that in the books, God is deemed to be male that
society leaning to that line. In leadership roles, almost 80% of world leaders are male who often
make some laws that oppress the women (Allen, 2006). But since the 18th century there has come
up a group of women feminists who have taken up the role of fighting for an equal social status
and though some even lost their lives doing that, they have come to be respectable and key
figures in the society. These are the likes of Jeanne from France,
Women in some countries get lesser pay than the men in equal job ranks because of the
concept that the men should be superior. In some countries, women are not allowed to work but
instead they tend to care for the family and do household chores (Goodwin, 2007). These ways,
the economic benefits are less and slower than they actually should be the double work of both
sexes would allow the economy to grow twice as much.

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Social justice can be achieved by having an equal base for both sexes with an aim of
having equal representation and having a system where there are more chances of addressing
more problems than with only one sex in power (McMullin, 2011). There needs to be more
stringent policies which would see the attainment of social justice and this can be achieved in
several ways. These include having in place better economic, social, political policies which will
see better interdependence with the citizens and ensure there is better economic growth. It will be
functional if there is more sustainable development and growth in the strategies that make
persons be more willing to be better in every aspect of life.
Gender roles as understood by society have to be revised in a way that the independent
woman is more capable of being self providing and even promoting growth. The equality of
rights is in the elimination of by having the outmost elimination of any form of discrimination in
all aspects of life making, the fundamental rights and freedom should be equally applied to all
persons irrespective of any background (Goodwin, 2007). Equal opportunities with stable social
and economic, cultural and all other forums allow the people to exploit their qualities to the
highest levels known. Policies on housing, health care and education will allow the people to be
better placed in making any form of life.

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