Champions | International Gender Champions

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.

António Guterres

Secretary-General, United Nations

María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés

President, United Nations General Assembly

Global Advisory Board

Jan Beagle

Under-Secretary-General for Management, United Nations

Jürg Lauber

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York

Sima Bahous

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations in New York

Gillian Elizabeth Bird

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in New York

Marc-André Blanchard

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York

Katalin Annamária Bogyay

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in New York

Kathy Calvin

President and CEO, United Nations Foundation

Tae-yul Cho

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York

Miguel de Serpa Soares

Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, United Nations

Rosemary DiCarlo

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations

Peter Drennan

Under-Secretary-General, UN Department of Safety and Security

Grete Faremo

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNOPS

Henrietta Fore

Executive Director, UNICEF

Burhan Gafoor

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in New York

Andrew Gilmour

Assistant Secretary-General, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Juan José Gómez Camacho

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations in New York

Einar Gunnarsson

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in New York

Tore Hattrem

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in New York

Dr. Christoph Heusgen

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York

Katja Iversen

President/CEO, Women Deliver

Sven Jürgenson

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations in New York

Besiana Kadare

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Albania to the United Nations in New York

Atul Khare

Under Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Field Support

Mohamed Khaled Khiari

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Tunisia to the United Nations in New York

Jan Kickert

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York

Lise Kingo

CEO & Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact

Darja Bavdaž Kuret

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations in New York

Jean-Pierre Lacroix

Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations

Mark Lowcock

Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations OCHA

Ana Maria Menéndez

Secretary-General’s Senior Advisor on Policy, United Nations

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)

Michal Mlynár

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Slovak Republic to the United Nations in New York

Martín Garcia Moritán

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York

Izumi Nakamitsu

Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

Phuong Nga Nguyen

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations in New York

Lana Nusseibeh

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York

Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations in New York

Ib Petersen

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in New York

Audra Plepytė

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations in New York

Kai Jürgen Mikael Sauer

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York

Olof Skoog

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York

Philip Spoerri

Permanent Observer and Head of Delegation, International Committee of the Red Cross

Peter Thomson

Special Envoy for the Ocean, United Nations

Paddy Torsney

Permanent Observer, Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York

Mauro Vieira

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in New York

Christian Wenaweser

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York