Fight for women’s rights inspires struggle for protection in AI age

INDIAS international human rights pioneer Hansa Mehta's unflinching stand for the recognition of women animates contemporary struggles for their protection in the age of Artificial Intelligence, according to General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock.

- HANSA Mehta. | IANS

“We should be reminded every day when we are working on these new AI regulations to hold our stand firmly, as Hansa Mehta once did,” Baerbock has said.

Mehta is credited with rewording the First Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights from a male-centric version that spoke of only men to “All human beings are born free and equal”, making it inclusive of women.

Speaking at the annual Hansa Mehta Memorial lecture sponsored by India’s UN Mission, on Friday, Baerbock said, “Her legacy lives on in the foundational principles she helped etch into the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”