Champions | International Gender Champions

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 Advisory Board

Michael Møller

Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva

Global Advisory Board

Caitlin Kraft-Buchman

Founder/ Executive Director, Women@TheTable

Global Advisory Board

Rosemary McCarney

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in Geneva

Global Advisory Board

Stephen de Boer

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada to the World Trade Organization

Global Advisory Board

Jan Beagle

Under-Secretary-General for Management, United Nations

Global Advisory Board

Martin Chungong

Secretary-General, Inter-Parliamentary Union

Global Advisory Board

Arancha González

Executive Director, International Trade Centre

Global Advisory Board

Guy Ryder

Director-General, International Labour Organization

Jürg Lauber

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York

Maria Assunta Accili

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Italy to International Organizations in Vienna

Dr Kesete Admasu

CEO, RBM Partnership to End Malaria

Olga Algayerova

Executive Secretary & Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Yukiya Amano

Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency

Inger Andersen

Director-General, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Kim Andersen

President, World Sailing

Harald Aspelund

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations in Geneva

Roberto Azevêdo

Director-General, World Trade Organization

Sima Bahous

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United Nations in New York

Veronika Bard

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in Geneva

Andrej Benedejčič

Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Slovenia to International Organizations in Vienna

Seth Berkley

Chief Executive Officer, Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance

Gillian Elizabeth Bird

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations in New York

Marc-André Blanchard

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations in New York

Daniel Blockert

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the World Trade Organization

Katalin Annamária Bogyay

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in New York

Sabine Böhlke-Möller

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations in Geneva

Yann Borgstedt

Founder and Chairman, Womanity Foundation

Julian Braithwaite

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in Geneva

Jennifer Brant

Director, Innovation Insights

Hans Brattskar

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations in Geneva

Philippe Burrin

Director, Graduate Institute Geneva

Kathy Calvin

President and CEO, United Nations Foundation

Arianna Calza Bini

Director, Gender and Mine Action Programme

Catarina Carvalho

Director and Head of Office, International Planned Parenthood Federation

Natasha Cayer

Ambassador, Delegation of Canada to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Tae-yul Cho

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations in New York

Pedro Afonso Comissário

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations in Geneva

Suraya Dalil

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations in Geneva

Christophe De Kepper

Director General, International Olympic Committee

Staffan de Mistura

Special Envoy for Syria, Office of the Special Envoy of The Secretary-General for Syria

Miguel de Serpa Soares

Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, United Nations

Ingmar De Vos

President, Federation Equestre Internationale

Jillian Dempster

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the United Nations in Geneva

Simonetta Di Pippo

Director, United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs

Peter Drennan

Under-Secretary-General, UN Department of Safety and Security

Chi Dzung Duong

Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations Office in Geneva

Jan Dusik

Director, UN Environment Europe Office

Christian Dussey

Director, Geneva Center for Security Policy

Renata Dwan

Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research