ADB Gender CoP Brownbag Presentation

8/8/2019 ADB Gender CoP Brownbag Presentation

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Building capacities forwomens leadership for

climate change mitigation andadaptation

Introducing WOCAN

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What is WOCAN?

An international networkof women and menprofessionals dedicatedto increasing ruralwomens access to andcontrol of resources tomanage agriculture andnatural resources in orderto enhance theirlivelihoods and alleviatepoverty.


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Mission

Build the leadership ofwomen in agriculture andnatural resourcemanagement fororganizationaltransformation for genderequality through aninnovative approach ofpartnering motivatedprofessional and ruralwomen.


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Membership

WOCANs global networkof over 450 members in80 countries engages incapacity building,advocacy and collective

action


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Core Strategies

1. Build women champions within agriculture and NRMorganizations and amongst women farmers and naturalresource managers.

2. Build capacities of poor rural women to generate income

through engagement with markets and through developmentof enabling environments in agriculture and NRM institutions .3. Advocate at global and national levels for greater benefits and

decision making for women farmers and natural resourcemanagers.

4. Become a center for global learning and communication onorganizational change and womens leadership in the fields of gender and agriculture/NRM.


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Strategy 1. Build WomenChampions

For organizational change

for advocacy


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and for enhanced decision making .


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HOW : Leadership for Women

Provide training forprofessional and ruralwomen on:

Communication skills Negotiation skills Advocacy skills Confidence building Skills for agro-enterprise


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HOW: Build Mens Support

Leadership training on how to support women leaders

Encouraging heads of organizations to support organizational change


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HOW: Build Enabling Environmentsthrough Organizational Change

Build technical capacity in gender mainstreaming and social/gender analysis


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Develop professionals to act as brokers between the organizations and rural womens groups


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Develop organizational accountability through gender policies and

structures


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Develop supportive organizational cultures: changing norms, values and

attitudes


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Strategy 2:

Developing tradeable

forest and soil carbonusing REDD+ and privatevoluntary marketsthrough management ofcommunity forests andagroforestry activities.

Build capacities of ruralwomen to generate income


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:Establish Womens Carbon

Fund as an innovativeand sustainable financingmechanism to addressgoals of povertyalleviation, genderequality and climate

change mitigation, basedon an analysis of themarket potential for apremium carbon productof women-run carbonsequestration activitiesthat incorporates socialand environmentalvalues.


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DevelopmentObjectives

SHORT TERM Action Research to Build knowledge on

making carbon work for poor rural women

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Through intermediaries

LONG TERM Establish Sellers Fund


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Strategy 3: Advocate

A) Climate

change/REDD+B)Food security

/environment /povertyalleviation

C)womensrights/gender equality

WOCAN is at the interface ofthree global agendas :


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HOW: WOCANs Advocacy

Promotes pro-active rolefor women to be at thetable in key meetings of the UN and IFIs onclimate change and foodsecurity.

Gives space for womensvoices at global, nationaland regional level eventsincluding those of IFAD,UNFCCC, FAO, UNEP


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National level advocacy

WOCAN facilitateswomen to act asadvocates through:

Building capacity andconfidence

Using its international

status and connections toestablish spaces Building advocacy into all

projects


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Strategy 4. Become centre of expertiseon organizational change and womens

leadership in agriculture/NRM

Build networks for

knowledge sharing andcollaboration

Establish regional hubs inWest/Central Africa, andAsia

Evolve as a learningorganization

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