International Gender Champions

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A network of leaders committed to work together to break down gender barriers.

💭 Many organisations still treat fairness and performance as competing priorities. In the latest edition of Champion Voices, Aniela Unguresan, Founder of the EDGE Certified Foundation, disagrees and shares what it takes to build workplaces where talent can genuinely thrive. 👉 Read the article :

Workplace Meritocracy Cannot Exist Without Workplace Fairness

In my early days as founder of the EDGE Certified Foundation, I was told more than once that fairness was about values, performance was about numbers, and the two did not really intersect. I did not b...

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💭 What does it mean to bring activism into diplomacy? For Randolph De Battista (@debattista.bsky.social), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations in Geneva, the answer is deeply personal. 👉 Read the second edition of Champion Voices here:

Why I Fight, and Why I Listen | International Gender Champions

“I know from the inside how exclusion feels, and I have watched my own society become better once it chose to embrace equality rather than fear it.” 💭 What does it mean to bring activism into diploma...

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🚀 What drives our Champions? Today, we are launching Champion Voices, a new thought leadership series bringing the personal experiences and reflections of our #INTGenderChampions to the forefront. Our inaugural article features Fleur Heyworth, Head of the IGC Secretariat. 👉Read her reflections:

What My Father Taught Me About Feminism – And What We Are Still Discovering

Twenty years ago, my Dad casually remarked, “Honestly Fleur, I don’t know what all this feminist fuss is about. Look at you, you’re a Barrister and have had every opportunity - and success - that the ...

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🤝 Champions lead the way. Their Focal Points help keep the momentum going. Yesterday, Geneva-based Focal Points came together to share updates and brainstorm ways to strengthen the IGC’s work on gender and AI, with view to the Geneva AI Summit in June 2027. Thank you to everyone who joined!

☕ At yesterday’s Espresso for Equality session, we welcomed Cyrus Engerer, former MEP and Co-Founder of aequitasbridge, to explore the concept of equality architecture: designing systems so equality becomes a load bearing element rather than a decorative add-on. Thank you to all participants!

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