News
73rd President of the UN General Assembly, María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, becomes an International Gender Champion
María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, first Latin American woman to become President of the UN General Assembly, dedicates the session to all the women and girls of the world.
IGC congratulates Champion Michelle Bachelet on her appointment as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights!
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following approval by the General Assembly, appointed Michelle Bachelet of Chile as new High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Gender Champions initiative celebrates 3-year anniversary
The International Gender Champions initiative was created in Geneva 3 years ago in July 2015. Hear what some of our Champions think about how we are going to achieve gender equality and SDG5 !
Towards Gender Parity at UN 73rd General Assembly
Letter by International Gender Champion Miroslav Lajčák, President of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly calling for gender parity at UNGA elections next week
Events
Gender-Responsive Assemblies – An agenda for concrete action
IGC Interactive panel discussion & toolkit launch
'Securing our common future: Promoting gender-responsive disarmament and security'
IGC Disarmament Impact Group First Committee side event in New York on promoting gender-responsive disarmament and security, 15 October 2018.
New York Champions
Sima Bahous
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations in New York