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.

Magdalena Sepúlveda

Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

Ferran Costa

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Principality of Andorra to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Dr. Salma Rasheed

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations Offices at Geneva

Musonda Mumba

Secretary-General, Convention on Wetlands

Regina De Dominicis

Regional Director, Europe and Central Asia; Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe; UNICEF Representative to the UN in Geneva, UNICEF

Dominic O'Neill

Executive Director, The UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund
Global Board
Elisabeth Moreno

Elisabeth Moreno

Founder and President, Leaders Engagés et Inclusifs en Action (LEIA); Femmes@Numérique Foundation; La Puissance du Lien

Tomoko Akane

President, International Criminal Court

Doreen Debrum

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Marshall Islands to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva

Atsushi Kaifu

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna

Melissa Parke

Executive Director, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Heidi Schroderus-Fox

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

James Baxter

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Australia to the World Trade Organization and other international organizations in Geneva

Jamal Al Musharakh

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Omar Zniber

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva and President of the Human Rights Council

Matteo Fachinotti

Ambassador, Resident Representative to the IAEA and Permanent Representative to the CTBTO PrepCom, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna

Alex Wetzig

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of Chile to the International Organizations in Vienna

Marie Hürlimann

Co-Director, foraus

Tomiko Ichikawa

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Japanese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

Etleva Kadilli

Regional Director, UNICEF - ESARO

Leshan Kereto

Executive Director, Tareto Africa

Mamadou Dian Balde

Regional Director, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Noel White

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Aarti Holla-Maini

Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

Catherine Pollard

Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy, Compliance, United Nations

Amy E. Pope

Director General, International Organization for Migration

Maria Dimitriadou

Special Representative to the UN and Head of Multilateral Affairs, World Bank Group

Ioannis Ghikas

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Marie-Claire Graf

Co-Founder, Youth Negotiators Academy

Slavica Milačić

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Montenegro to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

James Larsen

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

Niamh Leinwather

Secretary General, Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Nina Tornberg

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the WTO, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Steering Committee
Itonde Kakoma

Itonde Kakoma

President/CEO, Interpeace

Yannick Roulin

Director, Ambassador, Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale

Cindy McCain

Executive Director, World Food Programme

Kaddu K. Sebunya

Chief Executive Officer, African Wildlife Foundation
Global Board
Phil Lynch

Phil Lynch

Executive Director, International Service for Human Rights

Christian Wenaweser

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

Jose Eduardo III Malaya

Ambassador, Embassy of the Philippines to The Netherlands

Ingmar De Vos

President, Federation Equestre Internationale

Melissa Fleming

Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications, United Nations

Ignacio Packer

Executive Director, Caux Initiatives of Change

Masahiko Metoki

Director General, Universal Postal Union

Nadia Ernzer

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Representation of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg to the OECD and UNESCO

Cary Adams

Chief Executive Officer, Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)

Dato' Nadzirah Osman

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva

Debora Lepre

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna