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.
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
Alexandros Papaioannou
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
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
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
Fionnuala Quinlan
Ambassador,
Embassy of Ireland to Kenya, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea
Adriana Quiñones
Director,
UN Women Liaison Office in Geneva
Bob Rae
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Erik Brøgger Rasmussen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Ambassador,
US Embassy in The Netherlands
Melinda Reed
Executive Director,
Women's Initiatives for Gender Justice
Madeleine Rees
Secretary General,
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
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
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Miguel Camilo Ruiz Blanco
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Colombia to the United Nations and the International Organizations in Vienna
Marie Chantal Rwakazina
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Rwanda to Switzerland and Permanent Representation to the United Nations Office in Geneva
Richard Sadleir
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE
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)
Edit Schlaffer
Founder & Chair,
Women without Borders
Helga Maria Schmid
Secretary-General,
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Klaus Schwab
Founder and Executive Chairman,
World Economic Forum
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
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
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
Katharina Stasch
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva