News
The International Gender Champions expand to Paris!
After Geneva, New York, Vienna, Nairobi and The Hague, the International Gender Champions network is excited to announce the launch of a new hub in Paris. Disponible en français également.
Paris Peace Forum: IGC presents its achievements a year after its selection as an innovative project
At the first edition of the Paris Peace Forum in 2018, the International Gender Champions (IGC) initiative was selected as one of the ten winning projects for innovative governance, out of over a thousand applications.
Empowering women and girls when tackling drugs and crime
UNODC, United Nations in Vienna launch new gender equality strategy
What you were never told about the UN Charter: Latin American women fought hard for references to gender equality
Learn how Latin American women have contributed to gender equality in the UN Charter and re-discover History!
Events
Vienna Discussion Forum 2019
Organized by UNIDO and UNODC together with the Permanent Missions of Finland, Norway and Sweden, the Vienna Discussion Forum will mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) by identifying progress and interlinkages between the causes and consequences of violence against women and crime prevention, criminal justice responses and women’s economic empowerment.
Vienna Champions
Kjersti E. Andersen
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organisations in Vienna
Barbara Žvokelj
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN, OSCE and other International Organizations in Vienna
Maria Assunta Accili
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of Italy to International Organizations in Vienna
Alicia Buenrostro Massieu
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of Mexico to International Organizations in Vienna
Natasha Cayer
Ambassador & Permanent Representative,
Delegation of Canada to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe