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.
Steering Committee
Christophe Payot
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office and specialised institutions in Geneva
Geir Otto Pedersen
UN Special Envoy for Syria,
UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
Véronique Pepin-Hallé
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Delegation of Canada to the OSCE
Andreas Persbo
Director,
One Earth Future Austria - Open Nuclear Network
Ib Petersen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Robert Petit
Assistant Secretary-General, Head,
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)
Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva
Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette
Présidente,
Haut Conseil à l'Egalité entre les femmes et les hommes
Anita Pipan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN in Geneva
Birgit Poniatowski
Executive Director,
International AIDS Society
Amy E. Pope
Director General,
International Organization for Migration
Hilary Power
UN Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Andrii Pravednyk
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine,
Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya
Tobias Privitelli
Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Bob Rae
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Dr. Salma Rasheed
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations Offices at Geneva
Thomas Renard
Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Garance Reus-Deelder
Director,
Plan International
Jean-Pierre Reymond
Executive Director,
2050Today
Ana Cristina Rodríguez Pineda
Ambassador,
Embassy of Guatemala to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Joanna Roper
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OPCW,
Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands
Yannick Roulin
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Eleanor Sanders
Ambassador for Human Rights,
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
Olga Sauma
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Costa Rica in Austria
Christian F. Saunders
Under Secretary-General,
Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA)
Carlien Scheele
Director,
European Institute for Gender Equality
Edit Schlaffer
Founder & Chair,
Women without Borders
Heidi Schroderus-Fox
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Kirsten Schuijt
Director General,
WWF International
Désirée Schweitzer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
María Sebastián de Erice
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Evangelos Sekeris
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in New York
Gabriela Sellner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom
Magdalena Sepúlveda
Director,
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Ronen Shaul
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Israel to the IAEA and the CTBTO PrepCom
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Elizabeth Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support,
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)
Mirjana Spoljaric
President,
International Committee of the Red Cross
María del Carmen Squeff
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York
Darius Staniulis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Maxime Stauffer
Co-CEO,
Simon Institute for Longterm Governance