The idea of ‘social justice’ as the outcome of struggles against
social inequalities implies change towards a more ‘fair’ society.
This requires strategies to redress past injustices, violation of
rights or persistent economic and social inequalities. Social
movements such as the women’s, worker’s, and human rights
movements, have fought against perceived social injustices from
a variety of entry points. Such movements have also challenged
the ideologies and prejudices that legitimate social inequalities, in
order to mobilise people for change.