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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 more than just SDG 5 – it is a cross-cutting issue that encompasses all SDGs and an integral part of a just and inclusive society.

Gabriela Sellner

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations (Vienna), IAEA, UNIDO and CTBTO PrepCom

“Our goal must be to fully achieve gender equality and to foster women empowerment at all levels and fora.

Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Mexico, Embassy of Mexico to Austria / Permanent Mission of Mexico to the International Organizations in Vienna

I believe that progress towards gender equality is an essential enabling condition for the realization of the 2030 Agenda.

Tatiana Molcean

Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), Chair of the IGC Global Board

Valuable work on gender, equity, human rights and social determinants of health is extremely important to our mission.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organization

Hillary Clinton declared at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights: "Human rights...

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly

Director, Professor, Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights (GCBHR) and NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights

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