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.
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
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