Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
António Guterres
Secretary-General,
United Nations
Movses Abelian
Under‑Secretary‑General for General Assembly and Conference Management,
United Nations
Sima Bahous
Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director ,
UN Women
Laetitia Courtois
Permanent Observer,
International Committee of the Red Cross to the United Nations
Miguel de Serpa Soares
Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel,
United Nations
Rosemary DiCarlo
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
United Nations
Rabab Fatima
Under-Secretary-General & Special Representative,
Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States
Melissa Fleming
Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications,
United Nations
Natalia Kanem
Executive Director,
UNFPA
Atul Khare
Under Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Operational Support
Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Peace Operations
Michael W. Lodge
Permanent Observer, Secretary-General,
International Seabed Authority
Martha Helena Lopez
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management,
United Nations
Gilles Michaud
Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security,
United Nations Department of Safety and Security
Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General,
United Nations
Izumi Nakamitsu
Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Pramila Patten
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict,
Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC)
Christian F. Saunders
Under Secretary-General,
Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA)
Elizabeth Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support,
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)
Achim Steiner
Administrator,
UNDP
Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for the Ocean,
United Nations
Paddy Torsney
Permanent Observer,
Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York
Vladimir Voronkov
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT)