GENDER JUSTICE

AUTHORS- ISHAAN SRIVASTAVA* &  DR. RESHMA UMAIR**

* STUDENT AT AMITY LAW SCHOOL, AMITY UNIVERSITY

** PROGRAM LEADER AT AMITY LAW SCHOOL, AMITY UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – ISHAAN SRIVASTAVA &  DR. RESHMA UMAIR, GENDER JUSTICE, ILE MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL, 4 (1) OF 2025, PG. 659-663, APIS – 3920-0007 | ISSN – 2583-7230.

ABSTRACT

Gender justice has been a crucial aspect of legal, social, and cultural evolution throughout history. This paper explores the historical trajectory of gender justice, analyzing key events, legal reforms, and socio-political movements that have contributed to the fight for gender equality. By examining ancient civilizations, medieval laws, and modern feminist movements, this paper provides a comprehensive understanding of gender justice and its historical roots.

Despite recent progress, women are still disadvantaged by their greater domestic labor commitments and impaired access to well-paid jobs; and, in extreme cases, denied the right to live. This has consequences for the well-being of individuals and economic development. Although tools to evaluate country performance in gender equality, especially composite indicators, have been developed since the 1990s, a historical perspective is lacking. This study introduces a composite index of gender equaliy covering 129 countries from 1950 to 2003. This index measures gender equality in four dimensions (socioeconomic, health, household, and politics). The index shows substantial progress in gender equality, though there is little evidence that less gender-equal countries are catching up. Goldin’s “quiet revolution” hypothesis is tested as an explanation for this observation, but fails to provide a good explanation. Rather, the long-term institutional and historical characteristics of countries are the main obstacles to convergence.

KEYWORDS: Agency, economic history, history, gender inequality.