A leadership network with over 000 Champions and 000 Alumni.

I am happy to be an International Gender Champion. I encourage other senior leaders to be part of this campaign for equality.

António Guterres

Secretary-General, United Nations

They are no more “women” issues than they are “men” issues- they are gender and sex-based issues that affect all men and women, girls and boys differently, in all their diversity.

Véronique Pepin-Hallé

Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Delegation of Canada to the OSCE

A society is only truly transformed when its women are educated and empowered.

Rapulane Sydney Molekane

Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna , Embassy and Permanent Representation of the Republic of South Africa to Austria

Accelerating gender equality and investing in the empowerment of women and girls is central to ending extreme poverty and boosting prosperity on a livable planet.

Maria Dimitriadou

Special Representative to the WTO and UN, World Bank Group

As the Director General of the Universal Postal Union, I wholeheartedly commit to promoting and advancing gender equality within the postal sector.

Masahiko Metoki

Director General, Universal Postal Union

In 2025, the International Gender Champions will have its ten year anniversary! I am proud to be the remaining, active Co-Founder of this extraordinary group.

Caitlin Kraft-Buchman

CEO / Founder, Women@TheTable

What is more important than defending women’s rights is teaching women and girls how to protect, defend, and restore their own rights, to let them be their own champions.

Ramy Abdu

Chairman, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor