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.
Dato' Nadzirah Osman
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malaysia 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
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)
Indra Mani Pandey
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva
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
Marc Pecsteen de Buytswerve
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Belgium to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva
Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette
Présidente,
Haut Conseil à l'Egalité entre les femmes et les hommes
Anita Pipan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN in Geneva
Birgit Poniatowski
Executive Director,
International AIDS Society
Hilary Power
UN Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Andrii Pravednyk
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine,
Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya
Marie-Hélène Proulx
President,
The International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA)
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
Adriana Quiñones
Director,
UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva
Bob Rae
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Ambassador,
US Embassy in The Netherlands
Madeleine Rees
Secretary General,
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Thomas Renard
Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Garance Reus-Deelder
Director,
Plan International
Jean-Pierre Reymond
Executive Director,
2050Today
Brendan Rogers
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland to the Netherlands
Joanna Roper
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OPCW,
Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands
Marie Chantal Rwakazina
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Rwanda to Switzerland and Permanent Representation to the United Nations Office in Geneva
Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
Adia Sakiqi
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Albania to The Netherlands
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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
Edit Schlaffer
Founder & Chair,
Women without Borders
Helga Maria Schmid
Secretary-General,
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Götz Schmidt-Bremme
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the International Organisations in Vienna
Kirsten Schuijt
Director General,
WWF International
Désirée Schweitzer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Evangelos Sekeris
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in New York
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
Olof Skoog
Ambassador, Head of Delegation,
Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in New York
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
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
María del Carmen Squeff
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York
Darius Staniulis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva