Importance Of Gender Justice

The best way to understand the spirit of a civilization and its excellence is to study the history of its women and children and the treatment meted to them. Gender has always shaped the legal cultural landscapes of all countries. Women, though numerically equal are a minority group in terms of power and influence. The differences between man and woman may be small but they have snowballing effects on the status of a minority of women. Even the most significant, rich and civilized empires cannot boast of providing their women equal treatment. It was soon realized that no country can progress if half of its total population is behind – socially, economically and politically. If equality and freedom evade women, it was also offensive to human dignity, human rights and development. In India, feminine glory was its zenith in the Vedic period, after which is suffered a decline. After independence, the country enshrined not only the noble principles of equality, …show more content…
Conventionally gender justice referred to the equal, equitable and evenhanded treatment of women in social, political and economic domains. The crux of the concept is that women who were denied equal rights with men in the past should be treated at par with men in all spheres of human activity. Gender justice is a sublime concept, which has crystallized over the years as a product of jurisprudential studies. Its thrust is to give women, their legitimate place in the society. The concept is founded on the proposition that women are in no way inferior to men. Gender justice is a concept, which has blossomed, in recent times. Its fragrances have spread to all the spheres of human activity. Criminal justice administration is no exception. The impact of gender justice concepts in criminal law administration has not been subjected to many detailed studies in the