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 2024

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

African States 

• Burkina Faso (2025) 
• Cameroon (2024) 
• Côte d’Ivoire (2025) 
• Egypt (2024) 
• Eritrea (2025) 
• Gabon (2025) 
• Gambia (2024) 
• Kenya (2024) 
• South Africa (2024) 
• Zimbabwe (2025) 

Asia-Pacific States 

• Afghanistan (2024) 
• Bangladesh (2024) 
• China (2025) 
• India (2024) 
• Japan (2025) 
• Qatar (2025) 
• Republic of Korea (2025) 
• Tajikistan (2025) 
• Thailand (2024) 
• Turkmenistan (2024) 

Eastern European States   

• Bulgaria (2025) 
• Poland (2024)  
• Latvia (2025) 
• Ukraine (2024) 

Latin American and Caribbean States 

• Colombia (2024) 
• Dominican Republic (2024) 
• Guyana (2024) 
• Panama (2025) 
• Paraguay (2025) 
• Trinidad and Tobago (2025) 

Western European and other States 

• Australia (2025) 
• Belgium (2024)  
• Luxembourg (2025) 
• Sweden (2025) 
• Türkiye (2024)  

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 in 2025

Executive Board Members by year: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011