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.
Carsten Staur
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of Denmark to the OECD and UNESCO
Achim Steiner
Administrator,
UNDP
Thomas Stelzer
Dean and Executive Secretary,
International Anti-Corruption Academy
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Bård Ivar Svendsen
Ambassador,
Royal Norwegian Embassy The Hague
Petteri Taalas
Secretary-General,
World Meteorological Organization
Abubacarr M. Tambadou
Registrar,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)
Daren Tang
Director General,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Michèle Taylor
Ambassador, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Human Rights Council,
Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations in Geneva
Ibrahim Thiaw
Executive Secretary,
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the United States of America to the United Nations
Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for the Ocean,
United Nations
Anna Tomasi
Executive Secretary,
The 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)
Volker Türk
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Bruce Turner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
U.S. Mission to the Conference on Disarmament
Aniela Unguresan
Co-Founder,
EDGE Certified Foundation
Ian Vale
Regional Director for East and Southern Africa,
Save the Children
Jörundur Valtýsson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in New York
Lars van Dassen
Executive Director,
World Institute for Nuclear Security
Reintje van Haeringen
CEO,
CARE Nederland
Antoinette Vermilye
Co-Founder,
SHE Changes Climate
Caroline Vicini
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden,
Embassy of Sweden to Kenya, UNEP and UN-HABITAT
Esther Monterrubio Villar
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna
Julia Emma Villatoro Tario
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the International Organisations in Vienna
Federico Villegas
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in Geneva
António Vitorino
Director-General,
International Organization for Migration
Alexander von Rosenbach
Business Manager,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism
Steering Committee
Heinz Walker-Nederkoorn
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Embassy of Switzerland to The Netherlands
Ghada Fathi Waly
Director-General/Executive Director,
United Nations Office at Vienna/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Wang Le
Director, UN Representative,
Save the Children, New York Global Advocacy Office
Elizabeth Ward Neiman
Ambassador,
Embassy of Panama to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Scott Weber
President,
Interpeace
Christian Wenaweser
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Liechtenstein to the United Nations in New York
Jayathma Wickramanayake
United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth,
United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth
Matthew Wilson
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Tanya Wood
Executive Director,
CHS Alliance
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Seong deok Yun
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Valentin Zellweger
Ambassador,
Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda/Permanent Representative to UNON
Barbara Žvokelj
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna