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.
Mohamed Malick Fall
Regional Director,
UNICEF, Eastern and Southern Africa
Grete Faremo
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director,
UNOPS
Norman Farrell
Prosecutor,
Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)
Laura Faxas
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Dominican Republic in Austria
Stephanie Fenkart
Director,
International Institute for Peace
Gretta Fenner
Managing Director,
Basel Institute on Governance
Guillermo Fernández de Soto Valderrama
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations in New York
David Fernandez Puyana
Ambassador, Permanent Observer, United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) to the United Nations in Geneva,
Permanent Delegate, UPEACE to the UNESCO in Paris
Monica Ferro
Director,
UNFPA Geneva Office
John Fisher
Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Robert Floyd
Executive Secretary,
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation
Yves Flückiger
Rector,
University of Geneva
Joseph François
Managing Director and Professor of International Economics,
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Vanessa Frazier
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations in New York
Rita French
International Ambassador for Human Rights,
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva
Monika Froehler
CEO,
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
Michael Gaffey
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva
Burhan Gafoor
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in New York
Sybel Galván
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the OECD
Isabelle Gattiker
Director,
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
Dr. Robin Geiss
Director,
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Henri Gétaz
Secretary-General,
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General,
World Health Organization
Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General,
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Aldrik Gierveld
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations in Vienna
Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Dr. Thomas Greminger
Director,
Geneva Center for Security Policy
Brigitte Grésy
Présidente,
Haut Conseil à l’Egalité entre les femmes et les hommes (HCEfh)
Philip Griffiths
Head of Secretariat,
The Wassenaar Arrangement
Christopher Grima
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malta in Geneva
Thomas Guerber
Director,
DCAF - Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance
Pirkko Hämäläinen
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Finland to the International Organisations in Vienna
Riaz Hamidullah
Ambassador,
Embassy of Bangladesh in the Netherlands
Casey Harden
General Secretary,
World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Astrid Harz
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OPCW,
Austrian Embassy The Hague
Renate Held
Regional Director,
Regional Office of International Organization for Migration
Martin Bille Hermann
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in New York
Piotr Hofmanski
President,
International Criminal Court
Laura S.H. Holgate
Ambassador,
U.S. Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna
Edwin Huizing
Executive Director,
Hivos
Thilmeeza Hussain
Permanent Representative of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations and Special Envoy to the President of the United Nations General Assembly 76th Session,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the UN
Julia Imene-Chanduru
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Anna Jardfelt
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva
Morten Jespersen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in Geneva
Ingrid Maria Johansen
CEO,
SOS Children's Villages International
Rev. Dr. Martin Junge
General Secretary,
Lutheran World Federation
Sven Jürgenson
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations in New York
Mona Juul
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in New York