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.
Mona M'Bikay
Executive Director,
UPR Info
Janet Mbugua
Executive Director and Founder,
Inua Dada Foundation Trust
Miren Bengoa
Managing Director,
Swiss Solidarity Foundation
Patricia Montesinos
President,
FE+MALE Think Tank
Steering Committee
Chantal Mutamuriza
Head of the Pan-African Office,
Save the Children International African Union Liaison Office
Joseph Mithika Mwenda
Executive Director,
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
Chege Ngugi
Africa Regional Director,
ChildFund International
Farah Obaidullah
Founder & Director,
The Ocean and Us
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy,
SEforALL
Isaac Ooko
Country Director to Ethiopia,
Norwegian Refugee Council
Cholpon Orozobekova
Director,
The Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations
Ignacio Packer
Executive Director,
Caux Initiatives of Change
Melissa Parke
Executive Director,
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Birgit Poniatowski
Executive Director,
International AIDS Society
Hilary Power
UN Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Thomas Renard
Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Garance Reus-Deelder
Director,
Plan International
Yannick Roulin
Directeur,
Fondation des immeubles pour les organisations internationales (FIPOI)
Dr. Pascal Rudin
Interim Secretary-General,
International Federation of Social Workers
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Edit Schlaffer
Founder & Chair,
Women without Borders
Kirsten Schuijt
Director General,
WWF International
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Maxime Stauffer
Co-CEO,
Simon Institute for Longterm Governance
Louise Thivant
Executive Director,
Child and Youth Friendly Governance Project
Anna Tomasi
Executive Secretary,
The Global Commission on Drug Policy
Fernando Travesí
Executive Director,
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Aniela Unguresan
Co-Founder,
EDGE Certified Foundation
Lars van Dassen
Executive Director,
World Institute for Nuclear Security
Iris Van der Veken
Executive Director & Secretary General,
Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI 2030)
Steering Committee
Alix Vuillemin
Executive Director,
Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
Tanya Wood
Executive Director,
CHS Alliance