UN-Women Executive Board Members

The UN-Women Executive Board is made up of representatives from 41 Member States elected to three-year terms by the UN Economic and Social Council, with the following regional allocation and number of members: Africa (10), Asia and the Pacific (10), Eastern Europe (4), Latin America and the Caribbean (6), Western Europe and other States (5), and contributing countries (6).

Members in 2025

Note: Term expires on the last day of the year indicated.

African States 

  • Burkina Faso (2025) 
  • Cabo Verde (2027) 
  • Côte d’Ivoire (2025) 
  • Eritrea (2025) 
  • Equatorial Guinea (2027)
  • Gabon (2025) 
  • Mauritania (2027)
  • South Africa (2027) 
  • Zimbabwe (2025) 
  • Uganda (2027)

Asia-Pacific States 

  • China (2025) 
  • India (2027) 
  • Japan (2025) 
  • Kyrgyzstan (2027)
  • Nepal (2027)
  • Qatar (2025) 
  • Republic of Korea (2025) 
  • Saudi Arabia (2027)
  • Tajikistan (2025) 
  • Viet Nam (2027)

Eastern European States   

  • Albania (2027)
  • Bulgaria (2025) 
  • Latvia (2025) 
  • Ukraine (2027) 

Latin American and Caribbean States 

  • Antigua and Barbuda (2027)
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2027)
  • Panama (2025) 
  • Paraguay (2025) 
  • Peru (2027)
  • Trinidad and Tobago (2025) 

Western European and other States 

  • Canada (2025)
  • Denmark (2025)  
  • Netherlands (Kingdom of) (2027) 
  • Sweden (2025) 
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2027)  

Contributing Countries  

  • Finland (2025) 
  • Germany (2025) 
  • Norway (2025) 
  • United States (2025) 

Contributing Countries not Members of the OECD/DAC 

  • UAE (2025) 
  • Senegal (2025) 

Executive Board Members by year: 20242023202220212020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Links

Midterm Review of the Strategic Plan, 2014-2017

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