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Women in Constituent Assembly

Video series: How Hansa Mehta influenced the words in the UN Declaration of Human Rights

Episode 3: “She was responsible for changing the wording in the UN Declaration of Human rights from human rights for men to human rights for all people.”

Smitha Nair
Jan 26, 2018 · 04:00 pm
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