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.
Anna Joubin-Bret
Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). ,
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Rebecca Jovin
Chief of Office,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs at Vienna (UNODA)
Etleva Kadilli
Regional Director,
UNICEF - ESARO
Atul Khare
Under Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Operational Support
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)
Arnold Kreilhuber
Regional Director and Representative, Regional Office for Europe,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Peace Operations
Philippe Larochelle
President,
International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA)
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General,
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Martha Helena Lopez
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management,
United Nations
Artur Lorkowski
Director,
Energy Community
Masahiko Metoki
Director General,
Universal Postal Union
Philippe Metzger
Secretary-General and CEO,
International Electrotechnical Commission
Gilles Michaud
Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security,
United Nations Department of Safety and Security
Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General,
United Nations
Győrgy Molnár
Ambassador, Head of Secretariat,
The Wassenaar Arrangement
Pedro Manuel Moreno
Acting Secretary-General,
UN Trade and Development, UNCTAD
Steering Committee
Doris Mpoumou
Special Representative,
UN Women Liaison Office to the AU and UNECA
Sergio Mujica
Secretary General,
International Organization for Standardization
Gerd Müller
Director General,
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Musonda Mumba
Secretary-General,
Convention on Wetlands
Izumi Nakamitsu
Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Dominic O'Neill
Executive Director,
The UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General and CEO,
United Nations Global Compact
Josipa Palac
President,
International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)
Pramila Patten
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict,
Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC)
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Andreas Persbo
Director,
PAX sapiens Austria - Open Nuclear Network
Robert Petit
Assistant Secretary-General, Head,
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)
Catherine Pollard
Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy, Compliance,
United Nations
Amy E. Pope
Director General,
International Organization for Migration
Tobias Privitelli
Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Karla I. Quintana Osuna
Head,
Independent Institution on Missing Persons in the Syrian Arab Republic
Leticia Reis de Carvalho
Secretary General,
International Seabed Authority
Tijmen Rooseboom
Executive Director,
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Anacláudia Rossbach
Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director,
UN-Habitat
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Celeste Saulo
Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
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
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Magdalena Sepúlveda
Director,
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu
Secretary General,
OSCE
Carina Solmirano
Head,
Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat
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
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)