Champions | International Gender Champions

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.

Serge Brammertz

Prosecutor, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Anna Brandt

Ambassador, Sweden to the OECD and UNESCO

Jennifer Brant

Director, Innovation Insights

Hans Brattskar

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva

Ingrid Brocková

Ambassador and Permanent Representative , Slovak Republic to the OECD

Alicia Buenrostro Massieu

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Mexico to International Organizations in Vienna

Ivita Burmistre

Ambassador and Permanent Representative , Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Latvia to the OECD and UNESCO

Philippe Burrin

Director, Graduate Institute Geneva

Winnie Byanyima

Executive Director, UNAIDS

Geraldine Byrne Nason

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations in New York

Catarina Carvalho

Director and Head of Office, International Planned Parenthood Federation

Natasha Cayer

Ambassador & Permanent Representative, Delegation of Canada to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Jagan Chapagain

Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Sue Coates

Executive Director, Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council

Crispin Conroy

Ambassador, Permanent Observer, International Chamber of Commerce

Alex Conte

Executive Director, Child Rights Connect

Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop

Ambassador , Embassy of Brazil to The Netherlands

Noel Curran

Director General, European Broadcasting Union

Amadeu Paulo Samuel Da Conceição

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Mozambique to the United Nations in Geneva

Stephen de Boer

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization

Catherine de Bolle

Executive Director, Europol

Christophe De Kepper

Director General, International Olympic Committee

Miguel de Serpa Soares

Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, United Nations

Ingmar De Vos

President, Federation Equestre Internationale

Jillian Dempster

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations in Geneva

Simonetta Di Pippo

Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Rosemary DiCarlo

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, United Nations

René Rosager Dinesen

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in Vienna

Oxana Domenti

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations in Geneva

Fidelma Donlon

Registrar, Kosovo Specialist Chambers

Christian Dussey

Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy

Renata Dwan

Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Chile Eboe-Osuji

President, International Criminal Court

Khojesta Fana Ebrahimkhel

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of Afghanistan in Vienna

Olufemi Elias

Registrar, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)

Patricia Espinosa

Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

Maria Nazareth Farani Azevêdo

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations in Geneva

Grete Faremo

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNOPS

Norman Farrell

Prosecutor, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL)

Monica Ferro

Director, UNFPA Geneva Office

John Fisher

Geneva Director, Human Rights Watch

Julian Fleet

Permanent Observer to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, International Development Law Organization

Socorro Flores Liera

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Henrietta Fore

Executive Director, UNICEF

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. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organization

Fabiola Gianotti

Director-General, European Organization for Nuclear Research