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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

A better future demands bolder action on equity and inclusion. Championing gender equality, women’s economic empowerment and education have been a constant in my personal and professional life.

Olga Sauma

Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Embassy of Costa Rica in 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

It’s a key priority for me that ICRC is an organization that upholds diversity, leans on its vast expertise and experience, from headquarters to operations, from its personnel to affected populations, a...

Mirjana Spoljaric

President, International Committee of the Red Cross

We cannot address the global challenges of our time—ending poverty and hunger and protecting the environment—if gender inequalities persist.

Gerd Müller

Director General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Returning recently from a delegation to Palestine, I carry the testimony of women in Gaza—each surviving the unthinkable, each extraordinary.

Maria Butler

Executive Director, Nobel Women’s Initiative

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