Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
Antoinette Vermilye
Co-Founder,
SHE Changes Climate
Caroline Vicini
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden,
Embassy of Sweden to Kenya, UNEP and UN-HABITAT
Adrian Vierita
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Romania to the United Nations in Geneva
Esther Monterrubio Villar
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna
Julia Emma Villatoro
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
Vladimir Voronkov
Under-Secretary- General,
United Nations Office of Counter Terrorism (UNOCT)
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
Santiago Wills
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Colombia to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Tanya Wood
Executive Director,
CHS Alliance
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Valentin Zellweger
Ambassador,
Ambassador of Switzerland to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia and Uganda/Permanent Representative to UNON
Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General,
International Telecommunication Union
Barbara Žvokelj
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna