Core Values of

Community
Action Initiatives
 Instructions: Look at the picture below. Describe your society or community as to
EQUALITY, EQUITY and REALITY.
 A. Social Equality
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 B. Social Equity
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 C. Social Reality
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1. Why social justice requires the equitable access to and distribution of resources, services, and
benefits, as well as the acknowledgment of the right of people to their cultural heritage?
A. The expansion of freedom of choice and action.
B. The deprivation of one right adversely affects the others.
C. The improvement of one right facilitates the advancement of the other rights.
D. The ownership, use, or control of the national wealth, decision-making process, and social services
are in the hands of a very small minority especially in developing countries like the Philippines.

2. Which of the following is FALSE as to the description of Gender Equality and Equity?
A. Equal opportunities in life.
B. Equal treatment of men and women.
C. Elimination of discrimination based on gender.
D. Right to life, equality before the law, and freedom of expression.
3. Which of the following principles stated that, we are all equally entitled without discrimination?
A. Social Justice B. Human Rights
C. Participatory Development D. Gender Equality and Equity
4. These highlights the involvement of the voiceless, those who are marginalized in the development
process?
A. Social Justice B. Human Rights
C. Participatory Development D. Gender Equality and Equity
5. Why it is that social justice is associated with social action?
A. Because the advancement of social justice is a political issue.
B. Because the real situation and call for action is to secure justice with peace.
C. Because the principle applies to everyone in relation to all human rights and freedoms.
D. Because it prohibits discrimination on the basis of a list of non-exhaustive categories such as, sex,
race, color, and others.
6. The World Bank (WB) identified the elements of empowerment, EXCEPT?
A. Accountability B. Access to
Information
C. Inclusion and Participation D. Responsibilities and
Consequences

7. According to the Global Issue Pilot Team (2011), social justice is a “societal value which
guides human interaction, what is social justice in particular?
A. Negotiate effectively, and hold the state accountable.
B. The opportunity to participate and get access to service, and exercise their rights.
C. The principle applies to everyone in relation to all human rights and freedoms.
D. The fair distribution of society’s benefits, advantages, and assets, not just by law and in
the courts but in all aspects of society.