W+ Standard

The W+ Standard is a set of metrics and procedures to quantify, verify and certify impacts within a project or company's value chain on women’s empowerment in six areas: Time, Income & Assets, Health, Leadership, Education & Knowledge, and Food Security. It can be used as a consumer-facing label or to generate quantified units as a tradable asset.

Name of Parent Organization

Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)

Name of Resource

W+ Standard

Owner, Founder, or Sponsor

Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
Norad

Year Founded

2013

Typical Use Case

Project developers apply the W+ framework to measure their project's outcomes on women's empowerment (verified by an independent auditor), to receive certification or to generate W+ units - a quantifiable and realized improvement in a woman’s life. W+ units have been sold to individuals and companies, with between 20 -50 % of the revenue from the unit sales provided to women's groups in the project areas.

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