Title: 
Headings: Equity and Social Justice: A short introduction
Equity
 
and
 
Social
 
Justice:
 
A
 
short
 
introduction
 

By:
 
Equity
 
for
 
Children
 
||
 
June
 
2013
 

Equity
  

Major
 
Works
 
contributing
 
to
 
Equity
 

Contemporary
 
Frameworks
 
Relating
 
to
 
Equity
  
1.
 
Justice
 
as
 
Fairness
  

2.
 
Capabilities
 

3.
 
Determinant
 
Factors
 
of
 
Inequity
 
and
 
Durable
 
Inequalities
 

4.
 
Human
 
Rights
 
Approach
 
to
 
Poverty
 

An
 
Ongoing
 
Debate
 

References
 


Content: The
 
objective
 
is
 
to
 
provide
 
a
 
framework
 
to
 
the
 
different
 
elements
 
that
 
Equity
 
for
 
Children
  
is
  
presenting
  
on
  
the
  
concepts
  
of
  
‘equality’
  
and
  
‘equity’
  
and
  
implications
  
for
  
children
 
and
 
adolescent
 
policy
 
actions. Equity
  
There
  
is
  
consensus
 
in
  
the
  
development
  
literature
 
that
  
an
  
equity
  
approach
  
signifies
 
development
 
aimed
 
at
 
reaching
 
the
 
most
 
marginalized
 
and
 
deprived
 
populations
 
first,
 
in
 
contrast
 
to
 
the
 
objective
 
of
 
reaching
 
only
 
greater
 
quantities
 
of
 
people. Key
 
international
 
organizations
 
like
 
the
 
World
 
Bank
 
and
 
UNICEF
 
utilize
 
the
 
concept
 
of
 
equity
 
prominently
 
in
 
their
 
work
 
and
 
refer
 
to
 
it
 
explicitly
 
in
 
their
 
reports
 
and
 
strategies. The
 
first
 
high
 
profile
 
occurrence
 
of
 
the
 
equity
 
concept
 
on
  
the
  
international
  
organizations’
  
arena
 
appeared
  
with
  
the
  
publishing
  
of
   
the
  
UNDP’s
 
2005
 
Human
 
Development
 
Report,
 
the
 
2005
 
Report
 
on
 
The
 
World
 
Social
 
Situation
 
by
 
UNRSID,
 
and
 
the
 
World
 
Bank’s
 
2006
 
World
 
Development
 
Report. Anderson
 
and
 
O’Neil
 
noted
 
this
 
trend
 
with
 
the
 
release
 
of
 
working
 
papers
 
entitled
 
“A
 
New
 
Equity
 
Agenda”
 
as
 
a
 
primer
 
to
 
a
 
conference
 
held
 
by
 
the
 
Overseas
 
Development
 
Institute
 
(ODI)
 
on
 
the
 
topic. This
 
discussion
 
dealt
 
with
 
the
 
concept
 
of
  
equity
  
both
  
in
  
terms
  
of
  
its
  
intrinsic
  
as
  
well
  
as
  
its
 
instrumental
 
value. While
  
intrinsically
 
perceived
  
as
  
ensuring
  
the
  
human
  
rights
  
of
  
the
  
most
  
deprived,
  
the
  
instrumental
  
view
  
presents
 
equity
 
as
 
an
 
instrument
 
for
 
growth
 
and
 
social
 
cohesion. Overall,
 
equity
  
is
  
not
  
a
  
new
  
concept
  
to
  
development
  
work. Some
  
view
  
the
  
equity
 
approach
 
as
 
a
 
response
 
to
 
growing
 
inequalities
 
and
 
a
 
way
 
to
 
address
 
those
 
left
 
out
 
of
 
the
 
“low-
hanging
 
fruit”
 
approach
 
for
 
which
 
the
 
Millennium
 
Development
 
Goals
 
(MDGs)
 
are
 
sometimes
 
criticized. The
  
current
  
dialogue
  
around
  
equity
  
revolves
  
predominantly
  
around
  
how
  
equity
  
is
 
measured.