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)
Dr. Grethel Aguilar
Director General,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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)
Burim Bilali
Chargé d'Affaires,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the UN, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva
Global Board
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva),
NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative to the United Nations of the International Federation on Ageing
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
Maria Butler
Executive Director,
Nobel Women’s Initiative
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director,
UNAIDS
Sofia Calltorp
Director, Geneva Office,
UN Women
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
Steering Committee
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
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
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
Randolph De Battista
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
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
Team Lead,
Agreement on Agriculture ReImagined
Philippe Duneton
Executive Director,
Unitaid
Julia Ehrt
Executive Director,
ILGA World
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
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 London Office
Yves Flückiger
Rector,
University of Geneva