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.
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organisations
Ramy Abdu
Chairman,
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Asim Ahmed
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Mikael Anzén
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Salman Bal
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Václav Bálek
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Paul Bekkers
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Seth Berkley
Chief Executive Officer,
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Marc Bichler
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Alexandra Bilak
Director,
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
President,
Greycells, Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development
Jérôme Bonnafont
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Jennifer Brant
Director,
Innovation Insights
Elise Buckle
CEO and Co-Founder,
Climate & Sustainability and SHE Changes Climate
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director,
UNAIDS
Mark Carney
UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance,
Office of the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance
Catarina Carvalho
United Nations Representative in Geneva and New York,
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Mark Cassayre
Permanent Observer,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO) to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva
Didier Chambovey
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the WTO and EFTA (UN/ECE, UNCTAD, ITC)
Jagan Chapagain
Secretary-General,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Sameer Chauhan
Director,
United Nations International Computing Centre
Luis Chuquihuara Chil
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director,
International Trade Centre
Alex Conte
Executive Director,
Child Rights Connect
Dr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director,
South Centre
Bathsheba "Sheba" Nell Crocker
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
U.S. Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva
Noel Curran
Director General,
European Broadcasting Union
Amadeu Paulo Samuel Da Conceição
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Mozambique to the United Nations in Geneva
Tovar da Silva Nunes
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Adam Day
Head of Geneva Office,
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Christophe De Kepper
Director General,
International Olympic Committee
Ingmar De Vos
President,
Federation Equestre Internationale
Alain Délétroz
General Director,
Geneva Call
Maria Dimitriadou
Special Representative to the WTO and UN,
World Bank Group
Esther Dingemans
Executive Director, Global Survivors Fund and Founding Director,
Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation
Philippe Duneton
Executive Director,
Unitaid
Meirav Eilon Shahar
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva
Samuel Emonet
Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
Darius Farman
Co-Director,
Foraus
Gretta Fenner
Managing Director,
Basel Institute on Governance
David Fernandez Puyana
Ambassador, Permanent Observer, United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) to the United Nations in Geneva,
Permanent Delegate, UPEACE to the UNESCO in Paris
Monica Ferro
Director,
UNFPA Geneva Office