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.
Rui Macieira
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
Director,
Quaker United Nations Office
Olivier Maes
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the United Nations in New York
Mark Malloch-Brown
President,
Open Society Foundations
Simon Manley
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Catherine Marchi-Uhel
Assistant Secretary-General, Head,
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism – Syria (IIIM)
Gordan Markotić
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Annika Markovic
Ambassador to Austria and Slovakia and Permanent Representative ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden to the UN and the International Organisations in Vienna
Alexander Marschik
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations in New York
Holger Federico Martinsen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Argentinian Embassy and Permanent Mission of Argentina to the International Organizations in Vienna
Maurizio Massari
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in New York
Janet Mbugua
Executive Director and Founder,
Inua Dada Foundation Trust
Natasha Meli Daudey
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malta in Vienna,
Embassy/Permanent Mission of the Republic of Malta in Vienna
Francisca E. Méndez Escobar
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Ana Maria Menéndez
Secretary-General’s Senior Advisor on Policy,
United Nations
Philippe Metzger
Secretary-General and CEO,
International Electrotechnical Commission
George Mina
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Australia to the World Trade Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Mami Mizutori
Special Representative of the Secretary-General,
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General,
United Nations
Asha Mohammed
Secretary General ,
Kenya Red Cross Society
Tatiana Molcean
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva
Rapulane Sydney Molekane
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna ,
Embassy and Permanent Representation of the Republic of South Africa to Austria
Győrgy Molnár
Ambassador, Head of Secretariat,
The Wassenaar Arrangement
Corinne Momal-Vanian
Executive Director,
Kofi Annan Foundation
Sergio Mujica
Secretary General,
International Organization for Standardization
Gerd Müller
Director General,
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Joseph Mithika Mwenda
Executive Director,
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
Nadia Theodore
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the WTO in Geneva
Raphael Nägeli
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the OSCE, the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna
Izumi Nakamitsu
Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs,
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Georges Nakseu Nguefang
Représentant Permanent,
Représentation permanente de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie auprès des Nations Unies à Genève, à Vienne et des autres organisations internationales en Suisse
Irene Susan Natividad
Chargé d’affaires, a.i. and Acting Permanent Representative,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Philippines
Olympia Neocleous
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Cyprus to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
Mxolisi Nkosi
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of South Africa to the United Nations and other international organizations in Switzerland
Lana Nusseibeh
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York
Delphine O
Ambassadrice / Secrétaire générale ,
Forum Génération Egalité
Eoin O’Leary
Ambassador,
Mission of Ireland to the International Organisations in Vienna
Damilola Ogunbiyi
CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy,
SEforALL
Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General and CEO,
United Nations Global Compact
Carolina Olarte-Bácares
Ambassador of Colombia to the Kingdom of The Netherland,
Embassy of Colombia in the Netherlands
Johannes Oljelund
Ambassador,
Embassy of Sweden in the Netherlands
Rodrigo Olsen
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Chile / Embassy of Chile in Austria
Cholpon Orozobekova
Director,
The Bulan Institute for Peace Innovations
Unnur Orradóttir-Ramette
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OECD,
Embassy of Iceland in Paris, Permanent Delegation of Iceland to the OECD and UNESCO
Rasa Ostrauskaite
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna ,
Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Etienne Oudot de Dainville
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of France to the World Trade Organization
Petter Ølberg
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the WTO and EFTA in Geneva
Josipa Palac
President,
International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)