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.
Corinne Momal-Vanian
Executive Director,
Kofi Annan Foundation
Sergio Mujica
Secretary General,
International Organization for Standardization
Musonda Mumba
Secretary-General,
Convention on Wetlands
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
James Ngango
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Rwanda to Switzerland and Permanent Representation to the United Nations Office in Geneva
Mxolisi Nkosi
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations and other international organizations in Switzerland
Dominic O'Neill
Executive Director,
The UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
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
Petter Ølberg
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the WTO and EFTA in Geneva
Ignacio Packer
Executive Director,
Caux Initiatives of Change
Melissa Parke
Executive Director,
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Steering Committee
Christophe Payot
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office and specialised institutions in Geneva
Geir Otto Pedersen
UN Special Envoy for Syria,
UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
Ib Petersen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Robert Petit
Assistant Secretary-General, Head,
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)
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
Tobias Privitelli
Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
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
Dr. Salma Rasheed
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations Offices at Geneva
Jean-Pierre Reymond
Executive Director,
2050Today
Yannick Roulin
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Eleanor Sanders
Ambassador for Human Rights,
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
Carlien Scheele
Director,
European Institute for Gender Equality
Heidi Schroderus-Fox
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
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
Magdalena Sepúlveda
Director,
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
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
Maxime Stauffer
Co-CEO,
Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
Charlotte Stemmer
Head of Geneva Office and UN Representative,
Plan International
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Daren Tang
Director General,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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