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.
Etleva Kadilli
Regional Director,
UNICEF - ESARO
Natalia Kanem
Executive Director,
UNFPA
Karim A.A. Khan KC
Prosecutor,
International Criminal Court
Atul Khare
Under Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Operational Support
Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Peace Operations
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General,
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Michael W. Lodge
Permanent Observer, Secretary-General,
International Seabed Authority
Martha Helena Lopez
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management,
United Nations
Artur Lorkowski
Director,
Energy Community
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
Director,
Quaker United Nations Office
Cindy McCain
Executive Director,
World Food Programme
Masahiko Metoki
Director General,
Universal Postal Union
Philippe Metzger
Secretary-General and CEO,
International Electrotechnical Commission
Gilles Michaud
Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security,
United Nations Department of Safety and Security
Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General,
United Nations
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Győrgy Molnár
Ambassador, Head of Secretariat,
The Wassenaar Arrangement
Sergio Mujica
Secretary General,
International Organization for Standardization
Gerd Müller
Director General,
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Izumi Nakamitsu
Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Josipa Palac
President,
International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)
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)
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Andreas Persbo
Director,
One Earth Future Austria - Open Nuclear Network
Adriana Quiñones
Head of Human Rights and Development,
UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Christian F. Saunders
Under Secretary-General,
Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA)
Carlien Scheele
Director,
European Institute for Gender Equality
Helga Maria Schmid
Secretary-General,
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Nikhil Seth
Executive Director,
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Elizabeth Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support,
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)
Mirjana Spoljaric
President,
International Committee of the Red Cross
Achim Steiner
Administrator,
UNDP
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)
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for the Ocean,
United Nations
Paddy Torsney
Permanent Observer,
Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York
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
Vladimir Voronkov
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT)
Ghada Fathi Waly
Director-General/Executive Director,
United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Osvaldo Zavala Giler
Registrar,
International Criminal Court