Ms. Gertrude Mongella

Ms. Gertrude Mongella

A view of the head table during the opening session of the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Gertrude Mongella (left, standing at the podium), Secretary-General of the Conference, delivers her address.

Gertrude Mongella, 80, reflects on the landmark Beijing Conference and lessons for the future

Social ProtectionAt the close of the conference in 1995, she said: ‘A revolution has begun. There’s no going back.’

Gertrude Mongella (centre), Secretary-General of the Fourth World Conference on Women, at a media...

Meet Tanzania’s Gertrude Mongella, 75, who led the world to historic Beijing conference on women in 1995