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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

Diversity, including with respect to gender, in a professional environment improves the quality and results of teamwork. Empowering women through professional mentoring is a vital step toward gender equality.

Caroline Vermeulen

Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN in Vienna / Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Vienna

“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

Achieving gender equality is a movement – not a moment. It’s not women who need to be fixed. It’s not people that need to be fixed.

Carlien Scheele

Director, European Institute for Gender Equality

I am proud to be an International Gender Champion. Applying a gender lens to all our work is essential to address effectively current global challenges.

Volker Türk

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

If jobs and workplaces change values and attitudes to become more gender-balanced and inclusive, then we might expect broader impacts to follow in terms of sustainable economic growth, and equitable...

Aniela Unguresan

Co-Founder, EDGE Certified Foundation

Justice and accountability for sexual and gender-based atrocity crimes is a core objective of Justice Rapid Response, which has helped to raise global standards of investigation.

Samuel Emonet

Executive Director, Justice Rapid Response