International Gender Champions
@intgenderchampions.bsky.social
A network of leaders committed to work together to break down gender barriers.
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📌497 Personal Commitments
📌79% of Champions reported speaking up against sexism and GBV
📌88% of Champions found their commitments had significant impact
Find our International Gender Champions Annual Report 2024 on our website! 👇
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#INTGenderChampions
📌79% of Champions reported speaking up against sexism and GBV
📌88% of Champions found their commitments had significant impact
Find our International Gender Champions Annual Report 2024 on our website! 👇
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#INTGenderChampions
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Erica Schouten of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/er...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/er...
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Ambassador and Permanent Representative Erica Schouten of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations, WTO and other International Organisations in Geneva!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/er...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/er...
🥳 As the #INTGenderChampions celebrate a decade of transformative leadership and collective action, our anniversary series continues.
🎥 Next, we spotlight Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the ITU and Global Board Member of the #INTGenderChampions.
youtu.be/7vMTPgkHGYY
🎥 Next, we spotlight Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the ITU and Global Board Member of the #INTGenderChampions.
youtu.be/7vMTPgkHGYY
10 years IGC - 10 Stories of Impact: Doreen Bogdan Martin
YouTube video by International Gender Champions
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December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🥳 As the #INTGenderChampions celebrate a decade of transformative leadership and collective action, our anniversary series continues.
🎥 Next, we spotlight Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the ITU and Global Board Member of the #INTGenderChampions.
youtu.be/7vMTPgkHGYY
🎥 Next, we spotlight Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary General of the ITU and Global Board Member of the #INTGenderChampions.
youtu.be/7vMTPgkHGYY
"How can we safeguard gender equality in a rapidly evolving digital landscape?"
🗯️This question has been discussed by Catherine Wright (Bischofberger), Dr. Fabian Lütz and Sylvia Poll at our Lunch & Learn Event.
🗯️This question has been discussed by Catherine Wright (Bischofberger), Dr. Fabian Lütz and Sylvia Poll at our Lunch & Learn Event.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"How can we safeguard gender equality in a rapidly evolving digital landscape?"
🗯️This question has been discussed by Catherine Wright (Bischofberger), Dr. Fabian Lütz and Sylvia Poll at our Lunch & Learn Event.
🗯️This question has been discussed by Catherine Wright (Bischofberger), Dr. Fabian Lütz and Sylvia Poll at our Lunch & Learn Event.
🆕Things have been busy at the #INTGenderChampions in November!
Find out what our Champions have been up to in our November news flash. 🎬⚡
A warm welcome also to our new Gender Champions: Dr Amrita Kapur, Maritza Chan, Anne Goedert, and Erica Schouten!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWS...
Find out what our Champions have been up to in our November news flash. 🎬⚡
A warm welcome also to our new Gender Champions: Dr Amrita Kapur, Maritza Chan, Anne Goedert, and Erica Schouten!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWS...
News Flash November 2025
YouTube video by International Gender Champions
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December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🆕Things have been busy at the #INTGenderChampions in November!
Find out what our Champions have been up to in our November news flash. 🎬⚡
A warm welcome also to our new Gender Champions: Dr Amrita Kapur, Maritza Chan, Anne Goedert, and Erica Schouten!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWS...
Find out what our Champions have been up to in our November news flash. 🎬⚡
A warm welcome also to our new Gender Champions: Dr Amrita Kapur, Maritza Chan, Anne Goedert, and Erica Schouten!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHWS...
🟠As we mark the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Ambassador Matthew Wilson highlights in his article how taxing menstrual products undermines dignity, health, and gender equality.
📢 Join the call for menstrual equity, and read the article here genderchampions.com/news/article...
📢 Join the call for menstrual equity, and read the article here genderchampions.com/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🟠As we mark the #16Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, Ambassador Matthew Wilson highlights in his article how taxing menstrual products undermines dignity, health, and gender equality.
📢 Join the call for menstrual equity, and read the article here genderchampions.com/news/article...
📢 Join the call for menstrual equity, and read the article here genderchampions.com/news/article...
🟠Today's participatory event, organised by UN Women, the EU Delegation in Geneva and the United Nations Office at Geneva, marked the launch of the 2025 #16Days campaign under the global theme: UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🟠Today's participatory event, organised by UN Women, the EU Delegation in Geneva and the United Nations Office at Geneva, marked the launch of the 2025 #16Days campaign under the global theme: UNiTE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.
Yesterday, #INTGenderChampions Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Désirée Schweitzer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the @austriaungeneva.bsky.social, brought together a group of 25 Geneva Champions to discuss the state of gender within human rights around the world.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yesterday, #INTGenderChampions Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Désirée Schweitzer, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the @austriaungeneva.bsky.social, brought together a group of 25 Geneva Champions to discuss the state of gender within human rights around the world.
🥳As the #INTGenderChampions celebrate a decade of transformative leadership and collective action, we are happy to continue our new series: “10 Years of IGC – 10 Stories of Impact.”
🎥Arancha González & Susana Malcorra reflect on the Buenos Aires Declaration on Women & Trade.
youtu.be/gTJ0algE89Y
🎥Arancha González & Susana Malcorra reflect on the Buenos Aires Declaration on Women & Trade.
youtu.be/gTJ0algE89Y
10 years IGC - 10 Stories of Impact: Arancha González and Susana Malcorra
YouTube video by International Gender Champions
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November 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🥳As the #INTGenderChampions celebrate a decade of transformative leadership and collective action, we are happy to continue our new series: “10 Years of IGC – 10 Stories of Impact.”
🎥Arancha González & Susana Malcorra reflect on the Buenos Aires Declaration on Women & Trade.
youtu.be/gTJ0algE89Y
🎥Arancha González & Susana Malcorra reflect on the Buenos Aires Declaration on Women & Trade.
youtu.be/gTJ0algE89Y
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in New York, Ambassador Maritza Chan-Valverde of Costa Rica to the United Nations!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ma...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ma...
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in New York, Ambassador Maritza Chan-Valverde of Costa Rica to the United Nations!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ma...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ma...
📆Save the date for our upcoming Lunch & Learn Event!
🕛Monday, 1 December 2025 | 12:00–13:00
📍Hybrid - @Geneva Centre for Security Policy (7th floor) and online
🔗Register here: gcsp-ch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🕛Monday, 1 December 2025 | 12:00–13:00
📍Hybrid - @Geneva Centre for Security Policy (7th floor) and online
🔗Register here: gcsp-ch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📆Save the date for our upcoming Lunch & Learn Event!
🕛Monday, 1 December 2025 | 12:00–13:00
📍Hybrid - @Geneva Centre for Security Policy (7th floor) and online
🔗Register here: gcsp-ch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🕛Monday, 1 December 2025 | 12:00–13:00
📍Hybrid - @Geneva Centre for Security Policy (7th floor) and online
🔗Register here: gcsp-ch.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎬Yesterday, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Netherlands, in partnership with the #INTGenderChampions, hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary "Free to Run". The film highlights the struggles and achievements of women who pushed past barriers to claim their space in sport. 🏃🏻♀️➡️💪🏻
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🎬Yesterday, the Embassy of Switzerland in the Netherlands, in partnership with the #INTGenderChampions, hosted a screening of the award-winning documentary "Free to Run". The film highlights the struggles and achievements of women who pushed past barriers to claim their space in sport. 🏃🏻♀️➡️💪🏻
🥳As the #INTGenderChampions celebrate a decade of transformative leadership and collective action, we are proud to launch our anniversary series “10 Years of IGC – 10 Stories of Impact.”
🎥Michael Moller, IGC co-founder, reflects on the network’s creation.
youtu.be/P0SPLrwX3Z0
🎥Michael Moller, IGC co-founder, reflects on the network’s creation.
youtu.be/P0SPLrwX3Z0
10 years IGC - 10 Stories of Impact: Micheal Møller
YouTube video by International Gender Champions
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November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🥳As the #INTGenderChampions celebrate a decade of transformative leadership and collective action, we are proud to launch our anniversary series “10 Years of IGC – 10 Stories of Impact.”
🎥Michael Moller, IGC co-founder, reflects on the network’s creation.
youtu.be/P0SPLrwX3Z0
🎥Michael Moller, IGC co-founder, reflects on the network’s creation.
youtu.be/P0SPLrwX3Z0
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Dr Amrita Kapur, Secretary General of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom!
@wilpf.bsky.social
Read her commitments for hashtag#GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/dr...
@wilpf.bsky.social
Read her commitments for hashtag#GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/dr...
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Dr Amrita Kapur, Secretary General of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom!
@wilpf.bsky.social
Read her commitments for hashtag#GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/dr...
@wilpf.bsky.social
Read her commitments for hashtag#GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/dr...
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in The Hague Kimberly West, Specialist Prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chamber!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ki...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ki...
November 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in The Hague Kimberly West, Specialist Prosecutor at the Kosovo Specialist Chamber!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ki...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ki...
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva Yasmine Fouad, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ya...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ya...
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva Yasmine Fouad, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)!
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ya...
Read her commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/ya...
📣 A milestone year for gender equality and a renewed call to action.
#INTGenderChampions across our hubs have released a statement to mark #IGC10Years and urge for courageous, creative leadership for #genderequality.
🔗Read the full statement here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-sta...
#INTGenderChampions across our hubs have released a statement to mark #IGC10Years and urge for courageous, creative leadership for #genderequality.
🔗Read the full statement here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-sta...
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📣 A milestone year for gender equality and a renewed call to action.
#INTGenderChampions across our hubs have released a statement to mark #IGC10Years and urge for courageous, creative leadership for #genderequality.
🔗Read the full statement here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-sta...
#INTGenderChampions across our hubs have released a statement to mark #IGC10Years and urge for courageous, creative leadership for #genderequality.
🔗Read the full statement here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-sta...
🎉On this International Day for Care and Support, we celebrate the 2025 landmark decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognise care as a human right.
@unrisd.org Director and one of our #INTGenderChampions Magdalena Sepúlveda welcomes this milestone for #carejustice& #humanrights
@unrisd.org Director and one of our #INTGenderChampions Magdalena Sepúlveda welcomes this milestone for #carejustice& #humanrights
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
🎉On this International Day for Care and Support, we celebrate the 2025 landmark decision of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to recognise care as a human right.
@unrisd.org Director and one of our #INTGenderChampions Magdalena Sepúlveda welcomes this milestone for #carejustice& #humanrights
@unrisd.org Director and one of our #INTGenderChampions Magdalena Sepúlveda welcomes this milestone for #carejustice& #humanrights
🎧 New #INTGenderChampions Podcast episode!
In this conversation with Edit Schlaffer of Women Without Borders we explore how resilience starts at home and why women are essential architects of peace far beyond negotiation rooms.
Listen here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-pod...
In this conversation with Edit Schlaffer of Women Without Borders we explore how resilience starts at home and why women are essential architects of peace far beyond negotiation rooms.
Listen here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-pod...
October 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🎧 New #INTGenderChampions Podcast episode!
In this conversation with Edit Schlaffer of Women Without Borders we explore how resilience starts at home and why women are essential architects of peace far beyond negotiation rooms.
Listen here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-pod...
In this conversation with Edit Schlaffer of Women Without Borders we explore how resilience starts at home and why women are essential architects of peace far beyond negotiation rooms.
Listen here: genderchampions.com/news/igc-pod...
Join UN Women, United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Permanent Missions of Colombia , Japan, Chile, and Switzerland for a high-level discussion marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eW-Pvit2
💻 Watch live online
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eW-Pvit2
💻 Watch live online
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join UN Women, United Nations Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Permanent Missions of Colombia , Japan, Chile, and Switzerland for a high-level discussion marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eW-Pvit2
💻 Watch live online
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/eW-Pvit2
💻 Watch live online
Today at #IPU151, the updated #INTGEnderChampions Gender-Responsive Assemblies Toolkit was spotlighted by Amb. Claudia Fuentes Julio of Chile & IPU SG Martin Chungong.
🔗https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/igc-production/7IQHbPctSFMegSF-Y3fv0FtoB2FWLqbu.pdf
🔗https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/igc-production/7IQHbPctSFMegSF-Y3fv0FtoB2FWLqbu.pdf
October 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today at #IPU151, the updated #INTGEnderChampions Gender-Responsive Assemblies Toolkit was spotlighted by Amb. Claudia Fuentes Julio of Chile & IPU SG Martin Chungong.
🔗https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/igc-production/7IQHbPctSFMegSF-Y3fv0FtoB2FWLqbu.pdf
🔗https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/igc-production/7IQHbPctSFMegSF-Y3fv0FtoB2FWLqbu.pdf
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall.
☎️ Sharon Bhagwan Rolls from Fiji highlights the link between climate justice and peacebuilding, calling for human-centred, demilitarised, decolonised, and denuclearised peace efforts.
#INTGenderChampions
☎️ Sharon Bhagwan Rolls from Fiji highlights the link between climate justice and peacebuilding, calling for human-centred, demilitarised, decolonised, and denuclearised peace efforts.
#INTGenderChampions
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall.
☎️ Sharon Bhagwan Rolls from Fiji highlights the link between climate justice and peacebuilding, calling for human-centred, demilitarised, decolonised, and denuclearised peace efforts.
#INTGenderChampions
☎️ Sharon Bhagwan Rolls from Fiji highlights the link between climate justice and peacebuilding, calling for human-centred, demilitarised, decolonised, and denuclearised peace efforts.
#INTGenderChampions
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall.
☎️ Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska highlights that peace talks must be transparent & inclusive—prioritising women, children, refugees & prisoners.
#INTGenderChampions @wilpf.bsky.social
☎️ Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska highlights that peace talks must be transparent & inclusive—prioritising women, children, refugees & prisoners.
#INTGenderChampions @wilpf.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall.
☎️ Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska highlights that peace talks must be transparent & inclusive—prioritising women, children, refugees & prisoners.
#INTGenderChampions @wilpf.bsky.social
☎️ Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska highlights that peace talks must be transparent & inclusive—prioritising women, children, refugees & prisoners.
#INTGenderChampions @wilpf.bsky.social
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall.
☎️Ghanaian activist Bridget Akassise shares with GCERF Executive Director Khalid Koser why women need stronger financial and political support to build peace.
#GenevaPeaceWeek #INTGenderChampions
☎️Ghanaian activist Bridget Akassise shares with GCERF Executive Director Khalid Koser why women need stronger financial and political support to build peace.
#GenevaPeaceWeek #INTGenderChampions
October 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let’s turn promise into action and #HearHerCall.
☎️Ghanaian activist Bridget Akassise shares with GCERF Executive Director Khalid Koser why women need stronger financial and political support to build peace.
#GenevaPeaceWeek #INTGenderChampions
☎️Ghanaian activist Bridget Akassise shares with GCERF Executive Director Khalid Koser why women need stronger financial and political support to build peace.
#GenevaPeaceWeek #INTGenderChampions
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let's #HearHerCall!
Natia Navrouzov of Yazda urges: “The Yazidi genocide must not be forgotten.” She calls for justice that empowers women and girls to lead.
📣 Voices from the frontlines to our #INTGenderChampions- and from there to #GenevaPeaceWeek.
Natia Navrouzov of Yazda urges: “The Yazidi genocide must not be forgotten.” She calls for justice that empowers women and girls to lead.
📣 Voices from the frontlines to our #INTGenderChampions- and from there to #GenevaPeaceWeek.
October 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🕊️ This #GenevaPeaceWeek, let's #HearHerCall!
Natia Navrouzov of Yazda urges: “The Yazidi genocide must not be forgotten.” She calls for justice that empowers women and girls to lead.
📣 Voices from the frontlines to our #INTGenderChampions- and from there to #GenevaPeaceWeek.
Natia Navrouzov of Yazda urges: “The Yazidi genocide must not be forgotten.” She calls for justice that empowers women and girls to lead.
📣 Voices from the frontlines to our #INTGenderChampions- and from there to #GenevaPeaceWeek.
🕊️This #GenevaPeaceWeek, #HearHerCall.
In conversation with Agi Veres, Director of UNDP's Geneva office, Kenyan peacebuilder Mama Shamsa urges Geneva leaders to back youth, women and SGBV survivors with the financial and technical support needed for healing & empowerment.
📣 youtu.be/wresdjTLpOY?...
In conversation with Agi Veres, Director of UNDP's Geneva office, Kenyan peacebuilder Mama Shamsa urges Geneva leaders to back youth, women and SGBV survivors with the financial and technical support needed for healing & empowerment.
📣 youtu.be/wresdjTLpOY?...
#HearHerCall Campaign with Agi Veres and Mama Shamsa
YouTube video by International Gender Champions
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
🕊️This #GenevaPeaceWeek, #HearHerCall.
In conversation with Agi Veres, Director of UNDP's Geneva office, Kenyan peacebuilder Mama Shamsa urges Geneva leaders to back youth, women and SGBV survivors with the financial and technical support needed for healing & empowerment.
📣 youtu.be/wresdjTLpOY?...
In conversation with Agi Veres, Director of UNDP's Geneva office, Kenyan peacebuilder Mama Shamsa urges Geneva leaders to back youth, women and SGBV survivors with the financial and technical support needed for healing & empowerment.
📣 youtu.be/wresdjTLpOY?...