'Women need to be on development bullet train'

Gertrude Mongella

Age: 69

Career

• 2011, member at the Lancet, University of Oslo, commission on Global Governance for Health

• 2004-09, president of Pan-African Parliament

• 1999, member of the council of The Future, UNESCO, Paris

• 1996, president of Advocacy for Women in Africa

• 1996-97, UN under-secretary and special envoy to the secretary-general of the UN on Women’s Issues and Development

• 1993-95, UN assistant secretary-general and secretary-general, Fourth World Conference on Women

Awards

• 2005, Delta Prize for Global Understanding by Delta Airlines and Georgia; Drum Major for Justice Award

• 2007, the African Pride Awards by South African Fashion Designers Association