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independent nation's legal
framework. She challenged
discriminatory laws and pushed
for reforms that would secure
women's rights in marriage,
inheritance, and political
representation. Her influence
ensured that India adopted a
progressive approach toward
women's rights.
On the global stage, Mehta’s
role in shaping the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR) remains a landmark
achievement. As India's
platform for addressing gender
representative to the United
inequality, particularly in legal
Nations Commission on Human
and employment spheres.
Rights, she worked alongside
Hansa Mehta's work
Eleanor Roosevelt and made a
extended to the drafting of the
crucial amendment by changing
Indian Constitution, where she
the phrase “All men are born free
was one of the few women in
and equal” to “All human beings
the Constituent Assembly. At
are born free and equal.” This
a time when women’s voices
seemingly small yet impactful
were often sidelined in political
change was revolutionary,
discourse, she fought relentlessly
challenging centuries of male-
to ensure that gender equality
dominated narratives and
was embedded in the newly
setting a global precedent for

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