The historic fourth UN World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, in 1995 was chaired by Ms. Gertrude Mongellaof Tanzania who to this day is called 'Mama Beijing' in her home country for being instrumental during deliberations at the conference. Mongella was born in September 1945, a month before the United Nations was incorporated...

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