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.
António Guterres
Secretary-General,
United Nations
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Global Board
Hugh Adsett
Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the OPCW,
Embassy of Canada to the Netherlands
Global Board
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Global Board
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Global Board
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
CEO / Founder,
Women@TheTable
Global Board
Audrey Azoulay
Director General,
UNESCO
Global Board
Phil Lynch
Executive Director,
International Service for Human Rights
Global Board
Matthew Wilson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Global Board
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director-General,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Global Board
Jürg Lauber
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva
Global Board
Stavros Lambrinidis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
EU Delegation to the UN in New York
Global Board
Claudia Fuentes Julio
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Ramy Abdu
Chairman,
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Movses Abelian
Under‑Secretary‑General for General Assembly and Conference Management,
United Nations
Cary Adams
Chief Executive Officer,
Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
Dr. Grethel Aguilar
Director General,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Tomoko Akane
President,
International Criminal Court
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
President and CEO,
International Peace Institute
Jamal Al Musharakh
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Mohamed Al-Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations
François Alabrune
Ambassador,
Embassy of France to the Netherlands
Inger Andersen
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme
Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director,
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Luther Bois Anukur
Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Fernando Arias
Director-General,
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Pascale Baeriswyl
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York
Sima Bahous
Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director ,
UN Women
Manizha Bakhtari
Ambassador,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Vienna
Mamadou Dian Balde
Regional Director,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Václav Bálek
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Nairobi
Sabra Bano
Director ,
Gender Concerns International
Dr. Andrea Barschdorf-Hager
CEO and Marketing Director,
CARE Austria
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
James Baxter
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Australia to the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva
Jan Beagle
Director-General,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Paul Bekkers
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Irakli Beridze
Head,
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, The Hague
Christophe Bernasconi
Secretary-General,
Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
Marc Bichler
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Ian Biggs
Ambassador,
Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE
Alexandra Bilak
Director,
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Burim Bilali
Chargé d'Affaires,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the UN, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva
Sylvie Bollini
Ambassador, Permanent Observer,
Permanent Delegation of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Kathryne Bomberger
Director-General,
International Commission for Missing Persons
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva),
NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative to the United Nations of the International Federation on Ageing