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.
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
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
Monika Froehler
CEO,
Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Nairobi
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
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
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,
UPR Info
Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
Atul Khare
Under Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Operational Support
Jan Beagle
Director-General,
International Development Law Organization (IDLO)
Rosemary DiCarlo
Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs,
United Nations
Fernando Arias
Director-General,
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General,
World Health Organization
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Martha Helena Lopez
Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources Management,
United Nations
Dr. Thomas Greminger
Director,
Geneva Center for Security Policy
Dr. Andrea Barschdorf-Hager
CEO and Marketing Director,
CARE Austria
Jean-Pierre Lacroix
Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Department of Peace Operations