Network For Gender Equality | International Gender Champions

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

At IOM diversity is one of the strengths that enables us to better rise up to the complex challenges of migration.

Renate Held

Regional Director, Regional Office of International Organization for Migration

The International Gender Champion is the appropriate platform to promote jointly gender equality.

Alejandro Solano Ortiz

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy and Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the International Organizations in Vienna

Gender equality is a top priority for UNOPS. We know that mainstreaming gender in our projects helps build better results for our partners and better lives for our beneficiaries.

Grete Faremo

Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UNOPS

It is not only essential to strive for gender equity at headquarters, but also to promote it in mine action activities.

Stefano Toscano

Director, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining

I hope that the girls i am mentoring can see it is possible to be in leadership positions in this country and that they can do it too.

Asha Mohammed

Secretary General , Kenya Red Cross Society

Women’s rights are central to every core international instrument, but too often these international obligations remain unimplemented.

John Fisher

Geneva Director, Human Rights Watch

Fifty per cent of the population warrants the same visibility as the other fifty percent.

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.

New Year, New IGC GBV Pledge – A Podcast with Martin Chungong

Call from ITU to IGC Member UN Agencies: Gender Mainstreaming Reviews

ITU would like to consult with other IGC Member UN agencies who conducted mainstreaming reviews in the last 2-3 years. They are looking for examples of ToRs and for the identification of potential individual experts/consultants who could undertake this work.

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