--------------involves access and equity to ensure full participation in the life of a society, particularly for those who have been systematically excluded on the basis of race/ethnicity, gender, age, physical or mental disability, education, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics of background or group membership and involves addressing the realities of oppression, privilege, and social inequities.

The concept of social justice draws upon human rights and a fight for equality in legal and political realms where major social issues are addressed through institutions or frequently form social movements.

Social justice movements can start, defending Human rights, then broaden to minority rights, women rights and further, they tend to stand against racism, homophobia, sexism, poverty, and globalization.

Social justice will seek welfare for all society members and will manifest the inner and everyday preoccupations of lives of people living in ever increasingly complex world where often the interactions among different groups of people will keep an interrelationship at some level.

The reality of having a system where currently most of the people live in poverty while a few are in control of most of the resources and wealth will always drive groups of people and social movements to seek revindication and redistribution of wealth.

The United Nations General Assembly chose to observe 20 February annually and in 2009 decided the World Day of Social Justice to be celebrated.