The gender and justice unit gju hones in on legal empowerment as one of the most powerful catalysts of gender equality and social justice both of which are crosscutting and critical to meaningful citizen participation in public life gju was established to use the law as a tool for gender equality and social justice. Oxfam understands gender justice as the full equality and equity between women and men in all spheres of life resulting in women jointly and on an equal basis with men defining and shaping the policies structures and decisions that affect their lives and society as a whole. We know that there is no gender justice without racial justice queer justice immigration justice and climate justice we define gender justice as the systemic redistribution of power opportunities and access for people of all genders through the dismantling of harmful structures including patriarchy homophobia and transphobia