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
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director,
UN‐Habitat
Mohammed Abdiker
Regional Director,
International Organization for Migration/UN Migration, East and Horn of Africa
Inger Andersen
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Nairobi
Gabriela Bucher
Executive Director,
Oxfam International
Lilian Dodzo
East Africa Regional Leader,
World Vision International
Mohamed Malick Fall
Regional Director,
UNICEF, Eastern and Southern Africa
Christian Fellner
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Austria to Kenya and Permanent Mission to the UN organisations in Nairobi
Sebastian Groth
Ambassador to Kenya, Somalia and Seychelles,
Embassy of Germany
Stephen Jackson
UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya,
Kenya Resident Coordinator's Office
Barry Kashambo
Regional Director,
International Civil Aviation Organization
Global Board
Jean Kimani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat
Janet Mbugua
Executive Director and Founder,
Inua Dada Foundation Trust
Asha Mohammed
Secretary General ,
Kenya Red Cross Society
Joseph Mithika Mwenda
Executive Director,
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
Clementine Nkweta-Salami
Regional Director for the East, Horn and Great Lakes Regions of Africa,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Andrii Pravednyk
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine,
Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya
Fionnuala Quinlan
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland to Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Ian Vale
Regional Director for East and Southern Africa,
Save the Children
Caroline Vicini
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden,
Embassy of Sweden to Kenya, UNEP and UN-HABITAT
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Valentin Zellweger
Ambassador,
Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda/Permanent Representative to UNON