2004 Global Summit Updated

: From the front page of the Korea Herald: Banner hanging from Seoul’s City Hall welcomes Summit delegates. (photo from Korea Herald)

: The Ministerial Roundtable at the 2004 Summit in Seoul.

: At podium, Sung Joo Kim, CEO of Sung Joo Group. Monica Emerson of DaimlerChrysler looks on (second from left).

: Mina Gabor, Yasmin Khan and Nancy Gomez. Kay Crippen, far right, speaks to the audience.

: Moroccan delegates hand over official hosting of the Global Summit of Women to Korean Minister of Gender Equality, Eun-Hee Chi. Photo courtesy of Chosun Ilbo newspaper.

: The Mayor of Seoul (later President of Korea from 2008-2013) Lee Myung Bak address the audience during the Opening Ceremony.

: Summit President with the Vice President of Vietnam, Korea’s Minister of Women, local business leaders and WEXPO vendors at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the first WEXPO

: 2004 Parade of Ministers.

: CNN’s Ralitsa Vassileva moderates a panel

: Irene Natividad addresses the Summit audience at the Opening Ceremony

: A fantastic performance by a famous Korean jazz singer closed the 2004 Global Summit of Women

: Summit President with Korea’s Jeesu Han

2004 Global Summit of Women Awardee

Summit President Irene Natividad and Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique, award Gertrude Mongella with the Global Women’s Leadership Award. Mongella was named as the first female head of the African Parliament in 2004.

Gertrude Mongella, President, African Parliament

* Chair of the 1995 UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing

* First President of the Pan-African Parliament

African Parliament President Gertrude Mongella (right) receives Global Women’s Leadership Award from Summit President Irene Natividad (left) and Mozambiquan Prime Minister Luisa Diogo (center)