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
• Orientation on the Oversight Mechanism of UN-Women, 11 April

• Regional Briefing with the Executive Director on Africa, 4 May

• Regional Briefing with the Executive Director on Latin America and the Caribbean, 4 May 

• Joint Interagency (UNDP, UNFPA, UN-Women and UNICEF) informal briefing on the Structured Funding Dialogue, 5 May

• Informal briefing on evaluation, 11 May

• Pre-session in advance of the Annual Session & Informal briefing on annual report of the Executive Director on the implementation of the Strategic Plan, 2018-2021, 25 May
• Joint-interagency informal briefing on the IRRF Common Indicators, 25 May
• Informal briefing on update on implementation of UNGA resolution 72/279, 25 May
• Informal briefing on audit and investigation, 26 May
• Informal briefing on UN-Women’s role in advancing gender parity across the United Nations, 2 June
• Joint meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 3 June
• Annual Session, 21-22 June
• Informal briefing on UN Women/UNDP Report: "Government Responses to COVID-19: Lessons on Gender Equality for a World in Turmoil", 24 June
• Informal briefing on UN-Women's Ethics function, 19 August
• Closed informal briefing from the Independent Evaluation and Audit Service, 19 August
• Informal briefing on Structured Dialogue on Financing, 25 August
• Joint UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, and UN-Women briefing on oversight matters, 26 August
• Pre-session in advance of the Second Regular Session & Update on implementation of UN-Women ERP System (Quantum), 29 August
• Second Regular Session, 13-14 September
• Informal briefing on UN-Women's humanitarian work, 5 October
• Informal briefing on the situation in Afghanistan and Palestine and UN-Women's engagement, 17 October
• Informal briefing on food security for women and girls, 20 October

* 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.