Isiuwa Iyahen to serve as Head of Office ad interim at UN Women Caribbean

The UN Women Multi-Country Office (MCO) – Caribbean is pleased to introduce Ms. Isiuwa Iyahen as the Head of Office ad interim. In her new role, Ms. Iyahen is responsible for the day-to-day management of the MCO, leading the design, implementation, management and oversight of programmes and operations to ensure effective and efficient delivery of results.

Ms. Iyahen has served as Deputy Representative from April 2022 to January 2025. Prior to this, Ms. Iyahen managed the Economic Empowerment and Statistics portfolios for the UN Women MCO -Caribbean. In that capacity, her technical leadership resulted in narrowing significant knowledge, research, and gender data gaps on violence against women and girls, the labour force, social protection, and unpaid care work in CARICOM.

She has over 20 years of experience in international development and has served in various capacities within the United Nations system and non-governmental organisations.

Ms. Iyahen holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Minnesota’s Hubert Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Swarthmore College.

We look forward to Ms. Iyahen’s continued leadership as she continues to champion initiatives that foster equality and drive meaningful change across the Caribbean.