New York Champions
Meet all the New York Champions
António Guterres
Secretary-General,
United Nations
Movses Abelian
Under‑Secretary‑General for General Assembly and Conference Management,
United Nations
Pascale Baeriswyl
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York
Sima Bahous
Under-Secretary-General & Executive Director ,
UN Women
Sofia Borges
Senior Vice President and Head of the New York Office,
United Nations Foundation
Yoka Brandt
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations
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Storytelling and Gender-based Violence - A Podcast with Evelyn A. Ankumah of Africa Legal Aid
In this podcast, Evelyn A. Ankumah, Executive Director of Africa Legal Aid a “woman-initiated, woman-led” and pan-African NGO based in IGC-Den Haag hub, talks about her commitment to ensuring that women everywhere, including women of colour, can come forward with their own stories of gendered violence and discrimination and how IGC GBV Pledge support these endeavours
Putting Gender Equality at The Centre of Recovery and Transformation
After navigating more than two years of a global pandemic, billions of people are now facing the greatest cost-of-living crisis in a generation. The fallout for women and girls has been severe.
Leadership Exchange with Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
On 21 April 2022, the Council of Women World Leaders and International Gender Champions co-hosted a leadership exchange with the former Prime Minister of New Zealand and a member of the Council of Women World Leaders, H.E. Helen Clark, on the role women play in developing successful climate policies.
UN News: Guterres vows to improve UN's handling of sexual exploitation and abuse
The COVID-19 pandemic has created conditions making it easier for vulnerable people to become victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking.