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 2026

* Previous years can be accessed via the Executive Board Documents page.

Documents of Executive Board sessions, informal briefings, and other meetings in 2026:

• Election of the Bureau 2026, 12 January
• Orientation on the annual update of UN-Women activities with the Executive Board, 13 January
• Informal briefing on (1) audit matters & (2) risk management, 22 January
• Orientation on the oversight mechanisms and the ethics function, 27 January
• Pre-session in advance of the First Regular Session 2026, 28 January
• Informal consultations on draft decisions for the First Regular Session, 17 February
• First Regular Session, 18-19 February
• Pre-session in advance of the Annual Session, 3 June
• Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP, 5 June
• Informal consultations on draft decisions for the Annual Session, 22 June
• Annual Session, 23-25 June
• Pre-session in advance of the Second Regular Session, 20 August
• Informal consultations on draft decisions for the Second Regular Session, 8 September
• Second Regular Session, 9-10 September