We would like to thank everyone who sent their comments during the First Public Consulation of theW+ Standard and requirements. Please find below the compilation of all comments and responses .
We are pleased to announce the release of WOCAN’s W+ Standard Version 1.2 and requirements for the Second Public Consultation, beginning February 12, 2015.
To accelerate women’s empowerment, WOCAN has created the W+ Standard to measure positive impacts to women’s social and economic empowerment and provides companies, governments and individuals a way to drive social and economic empowerment for women. The W+ Standard tracks women’s empowerment in six domains: time, income/assests, health, leadership, education/knowledge and food security. Establishing this standard of measurement made it possible to create W+ Units that investors can purchase to ensure progress in these areas. When incorporated into project design and execution, the W+ provides measurable, verifiable additional social benefits, resulting in marketable ‘W+ Units’.
The W+ can be applied to a wide range of projects, that aim to improve social, economic or environmental conditions. These include: Water supply;Renewable energy technologies; Climate change mitigation; Time and labor saving devices; educational programs and forest and agriculture activities.
The closing date for the First Public Consultation will be March 13, 2015.
Here are the seven documents for review:
Here are the Instructions for commenting:
- Download the document or documents you are interested in.
- As you open each document, please do “Save As” and add your first initial and last name to the document name (to differentiate documents, we will not attribute comments).
- Under the “Review” tab, turn on “Track Changes”. Insert your recommended changes (deletions will appear in strike-out text, additions will appear as underlined text).
- Under the “Review” tab, use the “New Comment” tool to insert a comment, or question where you have placed your cursor in the document.
- When you have completed your comments, please attach your set of documents to an email message and send to:margaretbruce@wocan.org.
At the end of the Second Public Consultation period, all comments will be collected and posted on the W+ website, together with responses to comments.