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.
António Guterres
Secretary-General,
United Nations
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Global Board
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director,
UN‐Habitat
Global Board
Athaliah Molokomme
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Botswana to the United Nations in Geneva
Global Board
Anne-Sophie Lois
Senior United Nations Representative New York & Geneva,
Plan International
Global Board
Jean Kimani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Kenya Permanent Mission to UN-Habitat
Global Board
Louise Mushikiwabo
Secrétaire générale,
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
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
Lisa Helfand
Ambassador,
Embassy of Canada to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Catherine Pollard
Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy, Compliance,
United Nations
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Geneva
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organisations
Mohammed Abdiker
Regional Director,
International Organization for Migration/UN Migration, East and Horn of Africa
Ramy Abdu
Chairman,
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Movses Abelian
Under‑Secretary‑General for General Assembly and Conference Management,
United Nations
Asim Ahmed
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Gustavo Eduardo Ainchil
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna ,
Permanent Representation of Argentina to the International Organizations in Vienna
François Alabrune
Ambassador,
Embassy of France to the Netherlands
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate,
Permanent Delegation of Peru to UNESCO
Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Alessandro Cortese
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna
Inger Andersen
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme
Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director,
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Mikael Anzén
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Fernando Arias
Director-General,
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Kristín A. Árnadóttir
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Iceland in Vienna
Steering Committee
Audrey Azoulay
Director General,
UNESCO
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
Salman Bal
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
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
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
Seth Berkley
Chief Executive Officer,
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Thijs Berman
Executive Director,
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
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
Alexandra Bilak
Director,
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Gillian Bird
Australian Ambassador to France with non-resident accreditation to Algeria, Mauritania and Monaco,
Australian Embassy in France
Kathryne Bomberger
Director-General,
International Commission for Missing Persons
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
President,
Greycells, Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development
Jérôme Bonnafont
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva