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.
Global Board
Anne-Sophie Lois
Senior United Nations Representative New York & Geneva,
Plan International
Ramy Abdu
Chairman,
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
President and CEO,
International Peace Institute
Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director,
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Salman Bal
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Sabra Bano
Director ,
Gender Concerns International
Dr. Andrea Barschdorf-Hager
CEO and Marketing Director,
CARE Austria
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Thijs Berman
Executive Director,
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy
Alexandra Bilak
Director,
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
President,
Greycells, Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development
Sofia Borges
Senior Vice President and Head of the New York Office,
United Nations Foundation
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Jennifer Brant
Director,
Innovation Insights
Dr. Emil Brix
Ambassador and Director,
Diplomatische Akademie Wien
Elise Buckle
CEO and Co-Founder,
Climate & Sustainability and SHE Changes Climate
Catarina Carvalho
United Nations Representative in Geneva and New York,
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Alex Conte
Executive Director,
Child Rights Connect
Dr. Carlos María Correa
Executive Director,
South Centre
Elizabeth Cousens
President and CEO,
United Nations Foundation
Noel Curran
Director General,
European Broadcasting Union
Adam Day
Head of Geneva Office,
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Christophe De Kepper
Director General,
International Olympic Committee
Ingmar De Vos
President,
Federation Equestre Internationale
Alain Délétroz
General Director,
Geneva Call
Esther Dingemans
Executive Director, Global Survivors Fund and Founding Director,
Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation
Samuel Emonet
Executive Director,
Justice Rapid Response
Darius Farman
Co-Director,
Foraus
Stephanie Fenkart
Director,
International Institute for Peace
Gretta Fenner
Managing Director,
Basel Institute on Governance
John Fisher
Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Yves Flückiger
Rector,
University of Geneva
Joseph François
Managing Director and Professor of International Economics,
World Trade Institute, University of Bern
Kate Gibson
President,
Association of Defence Counsel Practising Before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT)
Casey Harden
General Secretary,
World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
Ingrid Maria Johansen
CEO,
SOS Children's Villages International
Khalid Koser
Executive Director,
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund
Rachael Kupka
Executive Director,
Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)
Emmanuelle Larroque
Chief Executive Officer,
Social Builder
Niamh Leinwather
Secretary General,
Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Analisa Leonor Balares
Chair & Chief Innovation Architect,
Womensphere Interactive + Womensphere Foundation
Raymond Loretan
President,
Diplomatic Club of Geneva
Philip Lynch
Director,
International Service for Human Rights
Mona M'Bikay
Executive Director,
UPR Info
Mark Malloch-Brown
President,
Open Society Foundations
Nazrene Mannie
Executive Director,
GAN Global Apprenticeship Network
Janet Mbugua
Executive Director and Founder,
Inua Dada Foundation Trust
Asha Mohammed
Secretary General ,
Kenya Red Cross Society