Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together female & male decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
António Guterres
Secretary-General,
United Nations
Global Board
Martin Chungong
Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union,
Chair of the IGC Global Board
Global Board
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director,
UN‐Habitat
Global Board
Athaliah Molokomme
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Botswana to the United Nations in Geneva
Global Board
Anne-Sophie Lois
UN Representative Geneva & New York,
Plan International
Global Board
Caitlin Kraft-Buchman
CEO / Founder,
Women@TheTable
Global Board
Louise Mushikiwabo
Secrétaire générale,
Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie
Global Board
Rafael Mariano Grossi
Director-General,
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Global Board
Jürg Lauber
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in Geneva
Global Board
Chad Blackman, LLB, LLM, ACIArb
Ambassador & Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations in Geneva
Catherine Pollard
Under-Secretary-General for Management Strategy, Policy, Compliance,
United Nations
Tatiana Valovaya
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Geneva
Aurora Díaz-Rato Revuelta
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other International Organisations
Mohammed Abdiker
Regional Director,
International Organization for Migration/UN Migration, East and Horn of Africa
Movses Abelian
Under‑Secretary‑General for General Assembly and Conference Management,
United Nations
Carmel Agius
President,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Kadra Ahmed Hassan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Djibouti to the United Nations in Geneva
Leena Al-Hadid
Ambassador,
Embassy of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in Vienna
Silvia Elena Alfaro Espinosa
Ambassador and Permanent Representative ,
Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations and Other International Organisations
Olga Algayerova
Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General,
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Alessandro Cortese
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Italy to the International Organizations in Vienna
Maria Teresa T. Almojuela
Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the Conference on Disarmament
Inger Andersen
Executive Director,
UN Environment Programme
Kim Andersen
President,
World Sailing
Kjersti E. Andersen
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the International Organisations in Vienna
Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director,
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Mikael Anzén
Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WTO ,
Permanent Mission of Sweden
Fernando Arias
Director-General,
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Harald Aspelund
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva
Steering Committee
Audrey Azoulay
Director General,
UNESCO
Michelle Bachelet
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights,
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Pascale Baeriswyl
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York
Sima Bahous
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations in New York
Manizha Bakhtari
Ambassador,
Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Vienna
Salman Bal
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Director-General,
United Nations Office at Nairobi
Sabra Bano
Director ,
Gender Concerns International
Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director, Professor,
Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Irakli Beridze
Head,
United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI) Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, The Hague
Seth Berkley
Chief Executive Officer,
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
Christophe Bernasconi
Secretary-General,
Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
Gillian Bird
Australian Ambassador to France with non-resident accreditation to Algeria, Mauritania and Monaco,
Australian Embassy in France
Kathryne Bomberger
Director-General,
International Commission for Missing Persons
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
President,
Greycells, Association of Former International Civil Servants for Development
Yann Borgstedt
Founder and Chairman,
Womanity Foundation
Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor,
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Anna Brandt
Ambassador,
Sweden to the OECD and UNESCO
Yoka Brandt
Permanent Representative,
Permanent Representation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations