World Day of Social Justice 2022: History, theme, and inspiring quotes

World Day of Social Justice is celebrated annually all over the world on 20 February. The International Labor Organization unanimously adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on 10 June 2008. 

Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. World Day of Social Justice 2022.

World Day of Social Justice : History

The International Labor Organization unanimously adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on 10 June 2008. 

This is the third major statement of principles and policies adopted by the International Labor Conference since the ILO’s Constitution of 1919. 

It builds on the Philadelphia Declaration of 1944 and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998. 

The 2008 Declaration expresses the contemporary vision of the ILO’s mandate in the era of globalization.

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World Day of Social Justice : Theme

The theme for this year’s World Day of Social Justice is “Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment”. 

Through this theme, the United Nations plans to promote the need to transition to formal employment, which is a necessary condition to reduce poverty and inequalities in society.

The UN believes that availability of decent work can lead to increase in productivity and sustainability of enterprises, which in turn can help countries grow. 

To help make this plan possible, several countries are utilizing new technologies to identify potential employees.

Some inspiring quotes on social justice:

• Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere – Martin Luther King, Jr (minister and activist)
• Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create – Pope John Paul II (Former head of the Catholic Church)
• Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself – Leigh Bardugo (Israeli-American fantasy author)
• Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained – Helen Keller (American author and political activist)