Champions
Leadership Network
International Gender Champions is a leadership network that brings together decision-makers determined to break down gender barriers and make gender equality a working reality in their spheres of influence.
Dato' Nadzirah Osman
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Rasa Ostrauskaite
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the OSCE in Vienna ,
Delegation of the European Union to the International Organisations in Vienna
Petter Ølberg
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Norway to the WTO and EFTA in Geneva
Ignacio Packer
Executive Director,
Caux Initiatives of Change
Josipa Palac
President,
International Cultural Diversity Organization (ICDO)
Melissa Parke
Executive Director,
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Pramila Patten
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict,
Office of the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict (OSRSG-SVC)
Rolph Payet
Executive Secretary,
Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
Andreas Persbo
Director,
One Earth Future Austria - Open Nuclear Network
Ib Petersen
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Marie-Thérèse Pictet-Althann
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva
Sylvie Pierre-Brossolette
Présidente,
Haut Conseil à l'Egalité entre les femmes et les hommes
Anita Pipan
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the UN in Geneva
Birgit Poniatowski
Executive Director,
International AIDS Society
Hilary Power
UN Geneva Director,
Human Rights Watch
Andrii Pravednyk
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Ukraine,
Embassy of Ukraine to Kenya
Marie-Hélène Proulx
President,
The International Criminal Court Bar Association (ICCBA)
Gerhard J.W. Putman-Cramer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Bob Rae
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Dr. Salma Rasheed
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Maldives to the United Nations Offices at Geneva
Shefali Razdan Duggal
Ambassador,
US Embassy in The Netherlands
Thomas Renard
Director,
International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT)
Garance Reus-Deelder
Director,
Plan International
Jean-Pierre Reymond
Executive Director,
2050Today
Ana Cristina Rodríguez Pineda
Ambassador,
Embassy of Guatemala to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Joanna Roper
Ambassador and Permanent Representative to OPCW,
Embassy of the United Kingdom to The Netherlands
Yannick Roulin
Director, Ambassador,
Centre d'Accueil de la Genève Internationale
Alice Ruhweza
Senior Director, Global Policy Influence and Engagement ,
World Wide Fund for Nature International
Alya Ahmed bin Saif Al-Thani
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations
Marie-Laure Salles
Director,
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Peter Sands
Executive Director,
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Christian F. Saunders
Under Secretary-General,
Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving UN Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA)
Carlien Scheele
Director,
European Institute for Gender Equality
Edit Schlaffer
Founder & Chair,
Women without Borders
Heidi Schroderus-Fox
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva
Kirsten Schuijt
Director General,
WWF International
Désirée Schweitzer
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva
María Sebastián de Erice
Ambassador,
Permanent Mission of Spain to UNOV and other International Organizations in Vienna
Kaddu K. Sebunya
Chief Executive Officer,
African Wildlife Foundation
Evangelos Sekeris
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in New York
Gabriela Sellner
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom
Magdalena Sepúlveda
Executive Director,
Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR)
Nikhil Seth
Executive Director,
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
Elena K. Sokova
Executive Director,
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP)
Elizabeth Spehar
Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support,
United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)
Mirjana Spoljaric
President,
International Committee of the Red Cross
María del Carmen Squeff
Ambassador and Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations in New York
Darius Staniulis
Ambassador, Permanent Representative,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Lithuania to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva