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Exploring Gender Justice for Attaining Equality

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Gender Equality

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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CEDAW; Civil and political rights; Cultural violence; DEDAW; Equality; Female genital mutilation; Freedom of choice; Gender descrimination; Gender justice; Rape; Religious violence; Rights of women; Sexual violence; Violence against women

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Gender justice is the concept that equates to the comprehensive objective and plan of shielding the subordinated sex from abuse caused by the dominant sex. It especially implies that women must exercise investment in basic leadership in varying backgrounds, and should completely take an interest together with men in finding impartial and down-to-earth answers for issues in the family and society (Mishra 2003). It deviates off from stereotyping of women’s conventional role controlled and created by men. Gender Justice upholds a theory that sees all individuals as fundamental operators toward the progress of enlarging the choices by both genders. It trusts that women are rights-bearing, self-sufficient, or autonomous individuals...

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  1. Independent Research Scholar, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

    Maheema Rai

  2. Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Management, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim, India

    Salvin Paul

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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Rai, M., Paul, S. (2020). Exploring Gender Justice for Attaining Equality. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_70-1

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