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.
Irakli Beridze
Head,
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, The Hague
Global Board
Audrey Azoulay
Director General,
UNESCO
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Geneva
Global Board
Roger Yates
Regional Director, East and Southern Africa and the Middle East,
Plan International
Dr. Emil Brix
Ambassador and Director,
Diplomatische Akademie Wien
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
Achim Steiner
Administrator,
UNDP
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
Paddy Torsney
Permanent Observer,
Inter‑Parliamentary Union in New York
Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner,
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Burhan Gafoor
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Singapore to the United Nations in New York
Fabiola Gianotti
Director-General,
European Organization for Nuclear Research
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
Global Board
Jürg Lauber
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva
Khalid Koser
Executive Director,
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Inger Andersen
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme