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
Jan Beagle
Director-General,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Global Board
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
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
Jagan Chapagain
Secretary-General,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Sameer Chauhan
Director,
United Nations International Computing Centre
Pamela Coke-Hamilton
Executive Director,
International Trade Centre
Maria Dimitriadou
Special Representative to the WTO and UN,
World Bank Group
Philippe Duneton
Executive Director,
Unitaid
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
Dr. Robin Geiss
Director,
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General,
World Health Organization
Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General,
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Dr. Thomas Greminger
Director,
Geneva Center for Security Policy
Rebeca Grynspan
Secretary-General,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Gilbert F. Houngbo
Director-General ,
International Labour Organization
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General,
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
Director,
Quaker United Nations Office
Cindy McCain
Executive Director,
World Food Programme
Masahiko Metoki
Director General,
Universal Postal Union
Philippe Metzger
Secretary-General and CEO,
International Electrotechnical Commission
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Sergio Mujica
Secretary General,
International Organization for Standardization
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Amy E. Pope
Director General,
International Organization for Migration
Adriana Quiñones
Head of Human Rights and Development,
UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Nikhil Seth
Executive Director,
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Mirjana Spoljaric
President,
International Committee of the Red Cross
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)
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
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
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Geneva