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.
Gilles Michaud
Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security,
United Nations Department of Safety and Security
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)
Tormod C. Endresen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva
Fergal Mythen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations in New York
Pernille Fenger
Director,
UNFPA Representation Office in Geneva
Thomas Renard
Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Greg French
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Australia in the Netherlands
Yessenia Lozano
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
Nina Vaskunlahti
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of Finland to the International Organizations in Vienna
Steering Committee
Corinne Cicéron Bühler
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands
Osvaldo Zavala Giler
Registrar,
International Criminal Court
Maureen Tamuno
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of Nigeria to the International Seabed Authority
Dennis Francis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative and Former President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly,
Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations in New York
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Dwight Gardiner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the International Maritime Organization and the International Seabed Authority
Ian Biggs
Ambassador,
Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE
Nathalie Chuard
Director,
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)
Hilary Power
UN Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Steering Committee
Alix Vuillemin
Executive Director,
Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
Carlien Scheele
Director,
European Institute for Gender Equality
Luther Bois Anukur
Regional Director, Eastern and Southern Africa,
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Susan Eckey
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Norwegian Embassy and Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organizations in Vienna
Steering Committee
Carolina Olarte-Bácares
Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of The Netherlands,
Embassy of Colombia in the Netherlands
Brigitte Brenner
Ambassador, Permanent Observer of the IPU to the UN and other International Organizations in Vienna,
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Kirsten Schuijt
Director General,
WWF International
Václav Bálek
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva
Josipa Palac
President,
International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)
Cholpon Orozobekova
Director,
The Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
President and CEO,
International Peace Institute
Mohamed Al-Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations
Anna Joubin-Bret
Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). ,
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Seong deok Yun
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Elise Buckle
Founder/ CEO,
Climate Bridges
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Global Board
Doreen Bogdan-Martin
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Sebastian Groth
Ambassador to Kenya, Somalia and Seychelles,
Embassy of Germany
Jean-Pierre Reymond
Executive Director,
2050Today
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Győrgy Molnár
Ambassador, Head of Secretariat,
The Wassenaar Arrangement
Gilbert F. Houngbo
Director-General,
International Labour Organization
Einar Gunnarsson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Rasa Ostrauskaite
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna ,
Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Izumi Nakamitsu
Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Jožef Drofenik
Ambassador,
Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in The Netherlands
Steering Committee
Fabricio Guariglia
Director, The Hague Office,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Global Board
Matthew Wilson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Raphael Nägeli
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna