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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 not only a matter of justice – it is an imperative for reaching lasting peace, stability, and the advancement of our societies.

Annika Ben David

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy of Sweden to Austria

By eliminating barriers to equality and helping to create better opportunities, women and girls can be powerful agents of change and improve their own lives and those of their families, communities and...

Troy Lulashnyk

Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Canada to the International Organisations in Vienna

Ensuring that women and men have equal opportunities to shape our collective future is essential to preventing violent conflict, building and sustaining peace for all.

Elizabeth Spehar

Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, United Nations Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA)

It is my job to steer UNHCR towards embracing and promoting gender equality and other forms of inclusion and diversity.

Filippo Grandi

High Commissioner, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

These commitments reflect our core values and principles as an organization.

Nathalie Chuard

Director, Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF)

Respect for humanitarian principles and sustained peace in the aftermath of armed conflicts, is only achievable when gender equality is central to related actions.

Alain Délétroz

General Director, Geneva Call