Champions | International Gender Champions

International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.

Adia Sakiqi

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Albania to The Netherlands

Peter Sands

Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Kai Jürgen Mikael Sauer

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

Yvan Savy

Director, PLAN International France

Simona Scarpaleggia

Co-Chair of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment, CEO of IKEA Switzerland

Milorad Šćepanović

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations in Geneva

Klaus Schwab

Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum

Gabriela Sellner

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom

Nikhil Seth

Executive Director, United Nations Institute for Training and Research

Maimunah Mohd Sharif

Executive Director, UN‐Habitat

Olof Skoog

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

Elena K. Sokova

Executive Director, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)

Alejandro Solano Ortiz

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the international organizations in Vienna

Carsten Staur

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Delegation of Denmark to the OECD

Achim Steiner

Administrator, UNDP

Sanja Štiglic

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Slovenia to The Netherlands

Nina Suomalainen

Executive Director, Justice Rapid Response

Elhadj As Sy

Secretary-General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Petteri Taalas

Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organization

Peter Thomson

Special Envoy for the Ocean, United Nations

Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva

Khalid Tinasti

Executive Secretary, Global Commission on Drug Policy

Paddy Torsney

Permanent Observer, Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York

Stefano Toscano

Director, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

Fernando Travesí

Executive Director, International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)

Leigh Turner

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Vienna

Aniela Unguresan

Co-Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation

Marc Vanheukelen

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the European Union to the World Trade Organization

Jos Verbeek

Special Representative to the UN and WTO, World Bank Group Office in Geneva

Mauro Vieira

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

António Vitorino

Director-General, International Organization for Migration

Frans Vreeswijk

General Secretary & CEO, International Electrotechnical Commission

Lyndal Walker

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of New Zealand to The Netherlands

Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands

Scott Weber

Director-General, Interpeace

Christian Wenaweser

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

Claude Wild

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to International Organizations in Vienna

Peter Wilson

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to The Netherlands

Robert Wood

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the U.S. to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva

Tanya Wood

Executive Director, CHS Alliance

Roger Yates

Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East, Plan International

Mariangela Zappia

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

Valentin Zellweger

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva

Lassina Zerbo

Executive Secretary, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

Houlin Zhao

Secretary-General, International Telecommunication Union

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