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 2026

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

African States 

• Burkina Faso (2028) 
• Cabo Verde (2027) 
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (2028) 
• Equatorial Guinea (2027)
• Mauritania (2027)
• Rwanda (2028)
• Senegal (2028)
• South Africa (2027) 
• Uganda (2027)
• Lesotho (2028)

Asia-Pacific States 

• Bahrain (2028)
• China (2028)
• India (2027) 
• Japan (2028) 
• Republic of Korea (2028)
• Kyrgyzstan (2027)
• Nepal (2027)
• Philippines (2028) 
• Saudi Arabia (2027)
• Vietnam (2027)

Eastern European States   

• Albania (2027)
• Russia Federation (2028) 
• Ukraine (2027) 
• Croatia (2028)

Latin American and Caribbean States 

• Antigua and Barbuda (2027)
• Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (2027)
• Colombia (2028) 
• Peru (2027)
• Dominican Republic (2027)
• Mexico (2028)

Western European and other States 

• Belgium (2028)
• Canada (2028)  
• Spain (2028) 
• United States (2027)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2027)  

Contributing Countries  

• Finland (2028) 
• Germany (2028) 
• Norway (2028) 
• Switzerland (2028) 

Contributing Countries not Members of the OECD/DAC 

• (To be elected)
• (To be elected)

Executive Board Members by year: 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011