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
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
CEO / Founder,
Women@TheTable
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Ramy Abdu
Chairman,
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Cary Adams
Chief Executive Officer,
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Teuta Agai-Demjaha
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Jamal Al Musharakh
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Václav Bálek
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
James Baxter
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Australia to the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva
Jan Beagle
Director-General,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Paul Bekkers
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
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
Global Board
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Sylvie Bollini
Ambassador, Permanent Observer,
Permanent Delegation of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
Chair,
NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative. United Nations, Geneva. International Federation on Ageing
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
President/CEO of Climate Bridges - Founder SHE Builds Bridges,
Climate Bridges and SHE Builds Bridges
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
Mark Cassayre
Permanent Observer,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO) to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva
Jagan Chapagain
Secretary-General,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Sameer Chauhan
Director,
United Nations International Computing Centre
Nathalie Chuard
Director,
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Luis Chuquihuara Chil
Ambassador,
Embassy of Peru to the Holy See
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director,
International Trade Centre
Alex Conte
Executive Director,
Child Rights Connect
Dr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director,
South Centre
Ferran Costa
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Principality of Andorra to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
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
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
Regina De Dominicis
Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia; Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe; UNICEF Representative to the UN in Geneva,
UNICEF
Christophe De Kepper
Director General,
International Olympic Committee
Ingmar De Vos
President,
Federation Equestre Internationale
Doreen Debrum
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
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
Caroline Dommen
Managing Director,
International Association for Feminist Economics
Philippe Duneton
Executive Director,
Unitaid
Samuel Emonet
Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
Tormod C. Endresen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva
Pernille Fenger
Director,
UNFPA Representation Office in Geneva