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.
Ana Maria Alonso Giganto
Ambassador for Feminist Foreign Policy,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
Dr. Pascal Rudin
Interim Secretary-General,
International Federation of Social Workers
Michelle Hau'ofa
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Papua New Guinea to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Isaac Ooko
Country Director to Ethiopia,
Norwegian Refugee Council
Nicolas Simard
Ambassador of Canada to Ethiopia and Djibouti, Head of Mission in Sudan,
Embassy of Canada to Ethiopia and Djibouti
Rita Bissoonauth
Director and Permanent Representative to Ethiopia, the AU, and UNECA,
UNESCO Liaison Office in Addis Ababa
Parfait Onanga-Anyanga
UN Special Representative of the Secretary General to the AU and Head of Office (SRSG),
United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU)
Sonia Farrey
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
UK Permanent Mission to the UN in Vienna, IAEA and CTBTO
Colin Black
Executive Director,
Center for Climate Crime Analysis
Hernán Bascuñan
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Chile
Clara Delgado Jesus
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Cabo Verde to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Chantal Mutamuriza
Head of the Pan-African Office,
Save the Children International African Union Liaison Office
Doris Mpoumou
Special Representative,
UN Women Liaison Office to the AU and UNECA
Javier Niño Pérez
Ambassador,
Delegation of the European Union to the African Union
Riccarda Chanda
Ambassador,
Embassy of Switzerland to Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan, the African Union, IGAD and UNECA
Tonni Ann Brodber
Head of Secretariat,
Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund
María Bassols Delgado
Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament,
Permanent Mission of Spain and other International Organisations in Geneva
Riia Salsa-Audiffren
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Estonia to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Dr. Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
Executive Director & Founder,
Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS)
Dushko Uzunovski
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of North Macedonia to the UN, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva
Dr. Harold Young
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Belize to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Seongmee Yoon
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Nathalie Fontanet
Conseillère d'Etat chargée du département des finances, des ressources humaines et des affaires extérieures (DF),
République et canton de Genève
Kumar Iyer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
UK Mission to the WTO, UN and Other International Organisations (Geneva)
Thomas Gürber
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva
Khaled El-Enany
Director-General,
UNESCO
Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary-General,
UN Trade and Development, UNCTAD
Frank Grütter
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations
Patricia Montesinos
President,
FE+MALE Think Tank
Dr. Francesca Camilleri Vettiger
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malta to the OSCE, the UN and other International Organisations
Atsuyuki Oike
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Miroslav Papa
Ambassador, Permanent Observer,
Permanent Delegation of the Council of Europe to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva
Marcela Tovar-Thomas
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Colombia to Austria / Permanent Mission of Colombia to the International Organisations in Vienna
Matilda Aku Alomatu Osei-Agyeman
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Republic of Ghana in Vienna
Hugh Adsett
Ambassador of Canada to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the OPCW,
Embassy of Canada to the Netherlands
Tracy Lucas
Director,
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC)
Paddy Torsney
Permanent Observer,
Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York
Alison Grant
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna,
Permanent Mission of Canada
Ann Derwin
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland in the Netherlands
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
CEO / Founder,
Women@TheTable
Fidelma Donlon
Registrar,
Kosovo Specialist Chambers
Kamal Kishore
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR,
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Luigi Maria Vignali
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations Office and other international organisations in Geneva
Emmanuelle Larroque
President and Founder,
Social Builder
Sofia Calltorp
Director, Geneva Office,
UN Women
Anna Tomasi
Executive Secretary,
The Global Commission on Drug Policy
Carl Hallergård
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Agi Veres
Director,
UNDP Geneva Office