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.
Stephen Jackson
UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya,
Kenya Resident Coordinator's Office
Rebecca Jovin
Chief of Office,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs at Vienna (UNODA)
Etleva Kadilli
Regional Director,
UNICEF - ESARO
Natalia Kanem
Executive Director,
UNFPA
Karim A.A. Khan KC
Prosecutor,
International Criminal Court
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 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
Cindy McCain
Executive Director,
World Food Programme
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
Tatiana Molcean
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Győrgy Molnár
Ambassador, Head of Secretariat,
The Wassenaar Arrangement
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
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
Geir Otto Pedersen
UN Special Envoy for Syria,
UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
Andreas Persbo
Director,
One Earth Future Austria - Open Nuclear Network
Robert Petit
Assistant Secretary-General, Head,
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)
Tobias Privitelli
Director,
Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
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
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
Achim Steiner
Administrator,
UNDP
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Daren Tang
Director General,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for the Ocean,
United Nations
Paddy Torsney
Permanent Observer,
Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York
Volker Türk
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Valdecy Urquiza
Secretary General,
INTERPOL
Steering Committee
Agi Veres
Director,
UNDP Geneva Office