On 30 November 2022, the Nairobi hub organised its 2022 #ChampionsMeeting at the Embassy of Switzerland in Nairobi. Among the participants, the event was attended by Joseph Mithika, Executive Director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance, Asha Mohammed, Secretary General of the Kenya Red Cross Society, Alice Ruhweza, Regional Director of the WWF, the Ambassadors of Switzerland, and Sweden, Austria, Kenya, Ukraine, Janet Mbugua, Executive Director and Founder of the Inua Dada Foundation Trust, and many more.
Gender Champions addressed a plethora of different topics, and formulated a list of Action Points for the Nairobi Hub, which include aiming at changing attitudes towards female/feminist leadership in Kenya, taking part in projects that empower women and girls to say no to GBV, advocating for the IGC network within Champions’ spaces to broaden membership and so on.
Please see a collection of Tweets and pictures from the meeting:
A few days later, on 5 December 2022, the IGC Vienna Hub held its 2022 End-of-Year #ChampionsMeeting at the Vienna International Centre.
During the event, the Vienna Champions reaffirmed their commitments to gender equality and discussed future goals of the Hub, including increasing the number of male Champions and enhancing intra and inter-Hub coordination. It was also a great opportunity for Champions such as the US Ambassador Laura Holgate, the Latvian PM Katrina Kaktina, Robert Floyd, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, Elena Sokova, Executive Director of the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP), the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan Manizha Bakhtari, and many more to share their success stories!
Please see a collection of Tweets and pictures from the meeting:
