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

Gender equality is more than just SDG 5 – it is a cross-cutting issue that encompasses all SDGs and an integral part of a just and inclusive society.

Gabriela Sellner

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom

Diverse and inclusive societies make our world more safe, secure and prosperous, and achieving gender equality is a priority for Australia in all of our international engagement.

Ian Biggs

Ambassador, Australian Embassy to Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovakia & Slovenia and Permanent Mission to the IAEA, UNODC, CTBTO, UNOOSA & OSCE

Gender inequality is not a woman’s fight alone; it is a collective effort and we each have a part to play in balancing the scales towards a more equal society.

Zainab Hawa Bangura

Director-General, United Nations Office at Nairobi

Investing in gender equality is an investment in unleashing potential and building healthier societies.

Peter Sands

Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Gender equality is crucial to achieve lasting positive change on issues such as poverty and climate change. However, when girls try to intervene, they are often underestimated, tokenised and silenced.

Garance Reus-Deelder

Director, Plan International

Do not only practice gender equality consciously until you get it right, practice it until unconsciously you cannot get it wrong.

Alejandro Bonilla Garcia

Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva), NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative to the United Nations of the International Federation on Ageing