GERTRUDE IBENGWE MONGELLA (Tanzania)

Tanzanian teacher, politician and diplomat. 1985: Vice-President of the World Conference on Women.

1989: Represented Tanzania at the Commission on the Status of Women and was head of the information commission set up to work on the elimination of discrimination against women.

1990s: Senior United Nations official. Role of women in politics.

1991: Tanzania High Commissioner to India

1995: key conference on women’s rights in Beijing.

1993-1995: UN Assistant Secretary General and Secretary General, Fourth World conference on Women – Beijing, China.

2004-2010: First president of Pan African Parliament. Member of the African Women Leaders Network.