International Gender Champions

A leadership network with over 000 Champions and 000 Alumni.

We bring together decision-makers to break down gender barriers.

António Guterres

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
Manizha Bakhtari

Women must be given the opportunity to partake in all levels of leadership in order to establish peace, tranquility, justice and equality.

Manizha Bakhtari
Ambassador, Embassy and Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Vienna
Rapulane Sydney Molekane

A society is only truly transformed when its women are educated and empowered.

Rapulane Sydney Molekane
Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the International Organisations in Vienna , Embassy and Permanent Representation of the Republic of South Africa to Austria
Agi Veres

I've witnessed firsthand the transformative power of gender equality.

Agi Veres
Director, UNDP Geneva Office
Kamal Kishore

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Kamal Kishore
Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of UNDRR, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
Elisabeth Moreno

Les femmes ne manquent pas de talents ni d'ambition, elles manquent d'opportunités !

Elisabeth Moreno
Founder and President, Leaders Engagés et Inclusifs en Action (LEIA); Femmes@Numérique Foundation; La Puissance du Lien
Alejandro Bonilla Garcia

Do not only practice gender equality consciously until you get it right, practice it until unconsciously you cannot get it wrong.

Alejandro Bonilla Garcia
Chair of the NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva), NGO Committee on Ageing (Geneva) & Representative to the United Nations of the International Federation on Ageing
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About the IGC

Fifty per cent of the population warrants the same visibility as the other fifty percent.

We ALL support the IGC Panel Parity Pledge and set two personal commitments to break down gender barriers.

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IGC Podcast: Resilience Starts at Home. Women as Architects of Peace

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