Who’s Behind the W+ Standard
A Team of Experts
The W+ Standard was developed in 2014 by WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management), a women-led global membership organization, whose mission is to advance women’s empowerment and collective action to tackle climate change, poverty and food insecurity.
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W+ Advisory Council
. The W+ Standard is managed by a team that brings together professionals with diverse sectoral backgrounds and expertise in gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment, results-based finance, and an understanding of environmental markets. Members of the W+ Standard Committee provide expertise, guidance and decisions on standard revisions, methodology approval, rule changes and appeals.
W+ Experts
With over 10 years of experience in conducting W+ assessments around the world, WOCAN's Team of W+ Experts can provide technical assistance to enable projects and companies to effectively use the W+ Standard.
Technical Experts Group
The Technical Experts Group (TEG) is an independent ad hoc technical body of gender and monitoring and evaluation experts with experience in various sectors to which the W+ will be applied. The roles, responsibilities, and governance of the Technical Experts Group are outlined in the Terms of Reference (TOR).