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.
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)
Lana Nusseibeh
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations in New York
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
Geir Otto Pedersen
UN Special Envoy for Syria,
UN Office of the Special Envoy for Syria
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
Christophe De Kepper
Director General,
International Olympic Committee
Monica Ferro
Director,
UNFPA London Office
Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva
Sima Bahous
Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director ,
UN Women
Peter Thomson
Special Envoy for the Ocean,
United Nations
Burhan Gafoor
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in New York
Ib Petersen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
António Guterres
Secretary-General,
United Nations
Khalid Koser
Executive Director,
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Inger Andersen
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme