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.

Nadia Theodore

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO in Geneva

Olympia Neocleous

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva

Mxolisi Nkosi

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations and other international organizations in Switzerland

Atsuyuki Oike

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Cholpon Orozobekova

Director, The Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations

Dato' Nadzirah Osman

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Etienne Oudot de Dainville

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of France to the World Trade Organization

Petter Ølberg

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway to the WTO and EFTA in Geneva

Ignacio Packer

Executive Director, Caux Initiatives of Change

Rolph Payet

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva

Ib Petersen

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva

Anita Pipan

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN in Geneva

Birgit Poniatowski

Executive Director, International AIDS Society

Amy E. Pope

Director General, International Organization for Migration

Hilary Power

UN Geneva Director, Human Rights Watch

Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Adriana Quiñones

Head of Human Rights and Development, UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva

Madeleine Rees

Secretary General, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Jean-Pierre Reymond

Executive Director, 2050Today

Marie-Laure Salles

Director, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Peter Sands

Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Kirsten Schuijt

Director General, WWF International

Désirée Schweitzer

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

Nikhil Seth

Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Mirjana Spoljaric

President, International Committee of the Red Cross

Darius Staniulis

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

Katharina Stasch

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

Charlotte Stemmer

Head of Geneva Office and UN Representative, Plan International

Simon Stiell

Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Jürgen Stock

Secretary-General, INTERPOL

Daren Tang

Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Michèle Taylor

Ambassador, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Human Rights Council, Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations in Geneva

Ibrahim Thiaw

Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Louise Thivant

Executive Director, Child and Youth Friendly Governance Project

Anna Tomasi

Executive Secretary, The Global Commission on Drug Policy

Nina Tornberg

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the WTO, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Stefano Toscano

Director, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

Volker Türk

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Bruce Turner

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, U.S. Mission to the Conference on Disarmament

Aniela Unguresan

Co-Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation

Tatiana Valovaya

Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva

Noel White

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
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Matthew Wilson

Matthew Wilson

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Tanya Wood

Executive Director, CHS Alliance

Seong deok Yun

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Omar Zniber

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council