Category Archives: Gender Lens Investing
Feb
This paper focuses on how women and men are represented in the policy making process (i.e. procedural issues) and offers some preliminary observations on how they may be differently affected by a carbon price.
Climate Change, Events, Gender Lens Investing
WOCAN CSW66 Side-Event: Financing women’s organizations and entrepreneurs using climate finance and markets
Feb
March 22, 2 PM New York time
Climate Change, Events, Gender Lens Investing
UN-REDD event: The key to unlocking transformational change in climate-forest finance
Oct
This knowledge event aimed to spotlight gender issues and approaches in the evolving climate-forest finance arena, as well as showcase ongoing efforts to mainstream gender inclusion and equality and empower women economically. Mario Boccucci, the Head of the UN-REDD Secretariat, opened up the event by highlighting the need to unlock and leverage the full potential […]
Photo Credit: IFAD / G.M.B.Akash Purpose A lively discussion amongst colleagues with a common interest in exploring the potential of climate finance, and carbon markets in particular, as an opportunity for pushing forward on gender equality and women’s empowerment. When Thursday, October 28, 2021 from 18:00 – 19:30 CET Moderator Jeannette Gurung, Executive Director, […]
This is the Open Letter submitted to the Task Force on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) in response to their call for inputs. The letter is co-authored by Sue Phillips (CEO of Gender Tech Enterprises) and Jeannette Gurung (Executive Director, WOCAN) and comes at a critical point, aiming to spearhead action on gender equality, capitalizing […]
Purpose This webinar will start building a conversation on how to promote a stronger focus on gender equality in the carbon markets as a major component of the flow of climate finance to the global South. This will be an informal session to bring interested individuals and organisations together for a discussion to explore: Why […]
Dec
Raising ambition for climate action that delivers for all Women are at the frontlines of action to address climate change, and their critical contributions need to be supported. Climate action and funding can also exacerbate the challenges women face and undermine their rights if [solutions] are not responsive to women. Mary Robinson, Mary Robinson Foundation […]
Gender Lens Investing
The W+ Standard White Paper: Accelerating Investments in Women through Certification
Feb
This white paper makes the case for a new and innovative option for a certification system that channels measureable and verifiable benefits directly to women and women’s organizations. The W+ Standard (W+) is designed to incentivize investments in women’s empowerment through a system that both measures results and puts money into the hands of women, […]