Smiley's Vlog | Global Leaders' Meeting on Women: A 30-Year reunion-Xinhua
Smiley's Vlog | Global Leaders' Meeting on Women: A 30-Year reunion
Source: Xinhua
Editor: huaxia
2025-10-13 20:31:09
BEIJING, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- As the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women opens, Beijing witnesses a reunion with its legacy of gender equality and women's empowerment. Yet, another personal reunion is unfolding, one that began with a photo taken about three decades ago.
Secretary-General of the Fourth World Conference on Women Gertrude Mongella, has been reunited with the little girl from the photo. Let's dive into their story.
Gertrude Mongella, secretary-general of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in the Chinese capital Beijing in 1995, delivers a speech during the plenary meeting of the Global Leaders' Meeting on Women in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuewei)
Gertrude Mongella, secretary-general of the Fourth World Conference on Women held in the Chinese capital Beijing in 1995, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Sept. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Emmanuel Herman)
