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.
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Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations
Elizabeth Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support,
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)
Anita Pipan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN in Geneva
Sanda Ojiambo
Assistant Secretary-General and CEO,
United Nations Global Compact
Christophe Bernasconi
Secretary-General,
Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Joseph François
Managing Director and Professor of International Economics,
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Joseph Mithika Mwenda
Executive Director,
Pan African Climate Justice Alliance
Alain Délétroz
General Director,
Geneva Call
Philippe Metzger
Secretary-General and CEO,
International Electrotechnical Commission
Wang Le
Director, UN Representative,
Save the Children, New York Global Advocacy Office
Dr. Robin Geiss
Director,
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Philippe Lazzarini
Commissioner-General,
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Janet Mbugua
Executive Director and Founder,
Inua Dada Foundation Trust
Manizha Bakhtari
Ambassador,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Vienna
Andrii Pravednyk
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine,
Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya
Birgit Poniatowski
Executive Director,
International AIDS Society
Kathryne Bomberger
Director-General,
International Commission for Missing Persons
Abubacarr M. Tambadou
Registrar,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)
Philippe Duneton
Executive Director,
Unitaid
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
María del Carmen Squeff
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York
Monika Froehler
CEO,
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Nairobi
Pascale Baeriswyl
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York
Corinne Momal-Vanian
Executive Director,
Kofi Annan Foundation
Stephanie Fenkart
Director,
International Institute for Peace
David Fernandez Puyana
Ambassador, Permanent Observer, United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) to the United Nations in Geneva,
Permanent Delegate, UPEACE to the UNESCO in Paris
Ghada Fathi Waly
Director-General/Executive Director,
United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Dr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director,
South Centre
Christian F. Saunders
Under Secretary-General,
Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA)
Movses Abelian
Under‑Secretary‑General for General Assembly and Conference Management,
United Nations
Jagan Chapagain
Secretary-General,
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Sybel Galván
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the OECD
Robert Floyd
Executive Secretary,
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation
Raymond Loretan
President,
Diplomatic Club of Geneva
Winnie Byanyima
Executive Director,
UNAIDS
Jörundur Valtýsson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in New York
Irakli Beridze
Head,
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, The Hague
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Geneva
Amina Mohammed
Deputy Secretary-General,
United Nations
Fernando Travesí
Executive Director,
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ)
Sabra Bano
Director ,
Gender Concerns International
Gabriela Sellner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom
Tanya Wood
Executive Director,
CHS Alliance
Mona M'Bikay
Executive Director,
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