Women Organizing For Change In Agriculture & Natural Resource Man

TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND GENDER EQUALITY TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD INSECURITY AND POVERTY WITHIN ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS. WOCAN STRENGTHENS CAPACITIES OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR GENDER INTEGRATION AND LEADERSHIP. IT OWNS AND MAINTAINS THE W+ STANDARD TO MEASURE, QUANTIFY, CERTIFY AND MONETIZE WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT BENEFITS WITHIN PROJECTS, GENERATING REVENUE FOR WOMEN'S GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS.

WOCAN CONDUCTED RESEARCH TO PRODUCE SIX SUB-NATIONAL REDD+ GENDER ACTION PLANS FOR THE MINISTRY OF CLIMATE CHANGE, PAKISTAN. WOCAN ALSO CONDUCTED A GENDER INTEGRATED PLANNING TRAINING FOR STAFF OF THE GOVERNMENT'S REDD+ DIVISION. FOUR CORE ASSOCIATES WERE ENGAGE OBJECTIVES: A) TO ASSESS CURRENT POLICIES,PRACTICES AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN CONTEXT OF FORESTRY MANAGEMENT / REDD+ AT THE SUB NATIONAL LEVELS. B) TO CONDUCT PROVINCE WISE CONSULTATIONS AND SYNTHESIZE THE SPECIFIC ISSUES PERTAINING TO GENDER IN THE FOREST DWELLING COMMUNITIES. C) TO IDENTIFY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BARRIERS THAT PREVENT GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN EACH SUB NATIONAL UNITS. D) DEVELOP APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO SUPPORT RIGHTS BASED AND GENDER-SENSITIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF REDD+ ACTIVITIES THROUGH U E) DEVELOP GENDER ACTION PLAN (GAP) FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING TO ENSURE THAT VOICES OF MEN AND WOMEN, AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS DO N UN-HEARD AND ENSURE EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN REDD+ INITIATIVES AND BENEFIT SHARING IN LINE WITH NATIONAL/ SUB NATIONAL REDD+ STRATEGY F) AS PART OF GAP, DEVELOP APPROPRIATE MONITORING FRAMEWORKS AND INDICATORS TO MEASURE GENDER RESPONSIVE RESULTS AND IMPACT ON GROUN G) TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF REDD+ ACTIVITIES WITH GENDER RELATED SAFEGUARDS.

WOCAN PROVIDED THE SHELL FOUNDATION WITH AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR W+ STANDARD CERTIFICATION FOR COMPANIES AND PARTNERS WITHIN THEIR ACCESS TO ENERGY AND MOBILITY PORTFOLIOS IN AFRICA AND INDIA. FROM 12 PARTNERS, TWO WERE SELECTED FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE W+ STANDARD. WOCAN MEASURED WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT IMPACTS FOR ONE AGRIBUSINESS COMPANY AND ONE TRANSPORT COMPANY, BOTH IN KENYA. THE COMPANIES' IMPACTS WERE MEASURED FOR KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION, TIME SAVING, FOOD SECURITY AND INCOME AND ASSETS, AND W+ CREDITS WERE ISSUED BY WOCAN, BASED ON THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORTS. WOCAN ENGAGED THREE OF ITS CORE ASSOCIATES TO CONDUCT THE MEASUREMENT FROM THE US, KENYA AND MADAGASCAR.

WOCAN CONDUCTED A TRAINING COURSE ON GENDER INTEGRATED PLANNING AND MONITORING FOR THE WORLD BANK FOREST CARBON PARTNERSHIP FUND 30 PARTICIPANTS FROM GOVERNMENT FORESTRY AND REDD DEPARTMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS IN MADAGASCAR AND COTE D'IVOIRE ENGAGED IN ONLINE TRAINING SESSIONS HELD IN FRENCH. THESE WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY FACE TO FACE SESSIONS HELD IN THE COUNTRIES, THROUGH WOCAN'S CORE ASSOCIATES FROM THE US, MADAGASCAR AND CAMEROON, TO REINFORCE THE LEARNING AND FORM NETWORKS OF GENDER CHAMPIONS.

FOR THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO)'S FAMILY FARMING PROGRAM, WOCAN IS DESIGNING A GENDER AND WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP TRAINING CURRICULUM AND DELIVERING THIS DURING 2022.