UN-Women Executive Board
The United Nations General Assembly, through General Assembly resolution 64/289, decided to establish the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, to be known as UN-Women a composite entity of the UN system from 1 January 2011.
The General Assembly also established the UN-Women Executive Board as the Governing Body of the Entity to provide intergovernmental support to and supervision of its operational activities (paragraph 50 and 57)
The rules of procedure of the Executive Board (UNW/2011/6) were adopted by the Board in 2011. Functions and working methods of the Executive Board are described in the Informal Guide to the UN-Women Executive Board.
Joint Calendar – Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF & UN-Women
UN-Women Executive Board Calendar 2022*
Documents of Executive Board sessions, informal briefings, and other meetings in 2022:
- Election of the Bureau 2022, 11 January
- Orientation for the new members of the Executive Board / Annual update on UN-Women activities with Executive Board membership, 21 January
- Pre-Session in advance of the First Regular Session & Informal briefing on evaluation, 24 January
- Informal briefing on audit matters, 24 January
- Protection Against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment – Update on the implementation of recommendations in the independent victim-centred review of UN-Women policies and processes on tackling sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment, 28 January
- First Regular Session, 14-15 February
- Pre-session in advance of the Annual Session, 25 May
- Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 3 June
- Annual Session, 21-22 June
- Pre-session in advance of the Second Regular Session, 25 August
- Second Regular Session, 13 September
* Previous years can be accessed via the Executive Board Documents page.
Note: All UN-Women Executive Board meetings respect the sustainability initiatives observed across United Nations entities. Documents and statements will be made public on this website and Member State interventions can be accessed via the Executive Board eStatements (UN Journal) portal as soon as they are made available.
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UN Women Strategic Plan 2022–2025
The Strategic Plan 2022–2025 will guide UN Women for the next four years—with an eye toward the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It articulates how UN Women will leverage its unique triple mandate—encompassing normative support, UN system coordination, and operational activities—to mobilize urgent and sustained action to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. More
Annual Report 2019–2020
The Annual Report documents UN Women’s work to foster women’s empowerment and gender equality around the world. It highlights some of the organization’s initiatives during the year and provides summary financial statements, a list of new programmes and projects, and contact information. More