Following the death of her husband in 1958 and the passage of the Women's Charter in 1961, she moved to Thailand for 14 years, during which time she established a school for girls at risk of being forced into prostitution.
[1][2][3] One of the teachings of the Baháʼí religion is that men and women are equal, and at the age of 17, she gave a presentation on universal education at the Baha'is of India National Convention in Karachi.
She was elected to serve as the group's honorary general secretary, sending its early communications to the media and politicians.
[7] During the 1950s, the Fozdar and the Singapore Council of Women had an inconsistent working relationship with the People's Action Party (PAP), which was founded in 1954 on the platform of Singaporean independence from Britain.
The SWC hoped to get the PAP to make women's equality issues, especially the abolition of polygamy, a core part of their agenda.
The PAP was at times strongly receptive, and in 1956 gave Fozdar an opportunity to speak on the issue of polygamy at a Women's Day rally organized by the party.
[2] The PAP was the only party to eventually put women's rights and anti-polygamy language in their charter, though, doing so in their 1959 election manifesto.
[1] The eldest daughter Muneera Fozdar, a lawyer married Sir Chinubhai Madhowlal Ranchhodlal, 3rd Baronet of Shahpur.