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
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UN-Women Executive Board Calendar 2023*
* Previous years can be accessed via the Executive Board Documents page.
Documents of Executive Board sessions, informal briefings, and other meetings in 2023:
- Election of the Bureau 2023, 10 January
- Joint Informal Consultation of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, and UN-Women on the Follow Up on Oversight Matters, 13 January
- Joint Update on UNDP, UNFPA, UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women Engagement with the International Financial Institutions, 17 January
- Pre-Session in advance of the First Regular Session & Orientation for the New Members of the Executive Board, 23 January
- Informal Briefing on Audit Matters, 25 January
- Orientation on the Oversight Mechanism of UN-Women, 25 January
- Informal Briefing on UN-Women's Work on Ending Violence Against Women and Femicide, 26 January
- Update on UN-Women Policies and Procedures to Tackle Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment, 26 January
- First Regular Session, 13-14 February
- Joint UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and UN-Women informal briefing on the Structured Funding Dialogue, 9 May
- Joint informal briefing by the Development Coordination Office (DCO) on the United Nations development system reform checklist Executive Boards of UNICEF, UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, and UN-Women, 17 May
- Informal briefings on Evaluation & Audit and investigation matters, 25 May
- Pre-session in advance of the Annual Session and Informal briefing on update on the implementation efforts on the repositioning of the United Nations Development System, 26 May
- Update on UN-Women policies and procedures to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment, 31 May
- Informal briefings on (1) the Annual Report of the Executive Director & (2) the draft integrated budget estimates for the biennium 2024-2025, 1 June
- Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of UNICEF, UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, WFP, UN-WOMEN, 2 June
- Update on the unallocated resources, 9 June
- Annual Session, 19-21 June
- Briefing by Country Representatives on UN-Women’s Triple Mandate Impact at Country Level, 22 June
- Informal briefing on UN-Women's work in Sudan, 6 July
- Informal briefings on (1) the integrated budget estimates for the biennium 2024-2025 and (2) the UN-Women ethics function, 23 August
- Pre-session in advance of the Second Regular Session & Informal briefing on Structured Dialogue on Financing & Update on the status of implementation of the recommendations included in the self-assessment of the independence of the UN-Women Independent Evaluation and Audit Services, 24 August
- Second Regular Session, 12-13 September
- Informal briefing on UN-Women's humanitarian strategy, 29 September
- Informal briefing on UN-Women's National Committees, 10 October
- Informal briefing on UN-Women’s Private Sector Engagement Strategy and Public Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Strategy (2023-2025), 11 October
- Update by the Joint Inspection Unit on the progress of the Review of the governance and oversight functions of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF and UN-Women, 17 October
- Informal briefing on disability and inclusion, 19 October
- Informal briefing on UN-Women's Women's Economic Empowerment Strategy, 20 November
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.
