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.

Indra Mani Pandey

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva

Alexandros Papaioannou

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Rolph Payet

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva

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

Andrii Pravednyk

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine, Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya

Marie-Hélène Proulx

President, The International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA)

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

Fionnuala Quinlan

Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland to Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea

Adriana Quiñones

Director, UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva

Bob Rae

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations

Erik Brøgger Rasmussen

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

Shefali Razdan Duggal

Ambassador, US Embassy in The Netherlands

Melinda Reed

Executive Director, Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice

Madeleine Rees

Secretary General, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Garance Reus-Deelder

Director, Plan International

Jean-Pierre Reymond

Executive Director, 2050Today

Brendan Rogers

Ambassador, Embassy of Ireland to the Netherlands

Joanna Roper

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OPCW, Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands

Alice Ruhweza

Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement , World Wide Fund for Nature International

Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and the International Organizations in Vienna

Marie Chantal Rwakazina

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy of Rwanda to Switzerland and Permanent Representation to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Richard Sadleir

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE

Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations

Adia Sakiqi

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Albania to The Netherlands

Marie-Laure Salles

Director, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Peter Sands

Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Christian F. Saunders

Under Secretary-General, Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA)

Edit Schlaffer

Founder & Chair, Women without Borders

Helga Maria Schmid

Secretary-General, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Klaus Schwab

Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

Désirée Schweitzer

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

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

Nikhil Seth

Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Elena K. Sokova

Executive Director, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)

Alejandro Solano Ortiz

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the International Organizations in Vienna

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

Katharina Stasch

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

Carsten Staur

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of Denmark to the OECD and UNESCO

Achim Steiner

Administrator, UNDP