Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male 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
Mohamed Malick Fall
Regional Director,
UNICEF, Eastern and Southern Africa
Barry Kashambo
Regional Director,
International Civil Aviation Organization
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
Youssoupha Niang
Regional Ombudsman,
United Nations Ombudsman and Mediation Services
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
Africa Region Director,
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