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AFA

Philippines


Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development was established in 2002. It is a regional alliance of national federations and organizations of small scale women and men farmers and producers.
http://asianfarmers.org/

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Thailand


The department provides foreign, trade and development policy advice to the government. They work with other government agencies to ensure that Australia’s pursuit of its global, regional and bilateral interests is coordinated effectively.
https://www.dfat.gov.au/

ASTHA

Nepal


The Association for Social Transformation and Humanitarian Assistance (ASTHA) is a non- governmental organization (NGO) established in 1996 with the mission to empower women and disadvantaged people and their organizations to achieve sustainable and equitable development. https://www.asthanepal.com.np/

Business Fights Poverty


Business Fights Poverty is a global community dedicated to harnessing the power of business to address social issues. It’s a community of individuals and organizations passionate about social change, particularly in the business sector, with a focus on sustainability, social impact, and policy. The community fosters collaboration across sectors and borders, to amplify the partner’s efforts and create meaningful, global change. WOCAN is thrilled to be one of the Impact Partners. We are looking forward to impactful collaboration with the diverse Business Fights Poverty community towards a more equitable social impact.

Forest Carbon Partnership


The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society, and Indigenous Peoples focused on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, forest carbon stock conservation, the sustainable management of forests, and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries, activities commonly referred to as REDD+.
https://www.forestcarbonpartnership.org/

Green Climate Fund

The Green Climate Fund is a fund established within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as an operating entity of the Financial Mechanism to assist developing countries in adaptation and mitigation practices to counter climate change.
https://www.greenclimate.fund/

HIMAWANTI

United States


The Himalayan Grassroots Women’s Natural Resource Management Association(HIMAWANTI) Nepal is a non-profit, non-political, non- government organization dedicated to strengthen the grassroots level women in sustainable natural resource management in Nepal. https://nhimawanti.org.np/

Independant Evaluation Unit

The Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU) ensures the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is accountable and effective. It conducts independent evaluations of the GCF's activities to guarantee its accountability and synthesises learnings from high-quality and rigorous evaluations to support the GCF's effectiveness and efficiency. It operates independently of the GCF Secretariat.
https://ieu.greenclimate.fund/d/

Institute of Environment and Water Management

Kenya


The Institute of Environment and Water Management (IEWM) is a non-governmental organization that aims to strengthen water and environmental governance and climate change resilience through unlocking the potential of communities and institutions to manage their natural resources equitably and sustainably. https://www.iewmkenya.org/

OXFAM International

Oxfam is a British-founded confederation of 21 independent charitable organizations focusing on the alleviation of global poverty, founded in 1942 and led by Oxfam International.
https://www.oxfam.org/en

PWC

PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited is a British multinational professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG.
https://www.pwc.com/

RECOFTC

Thailand


RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests is an international organization with a vision of local communities actively managing forests in Asia and the Pacific to ensure optimal social, economic, and environmental benefits.

REFACOF

Cameroon


The African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests, established in 2010, is a network created by 45 women from 8 countries in West and Central Africa. From a regional scale, the REFACOF is dedicated to the collective action of African women to address social challenges, political, legal and economic issues related to forest management in Africa. In this process, particular attention is given to limitations on the participation of women.
https://refacof.net/

Social Finance International

WOCAN initiated a strategic partnership with Social Finance International to advance outcomes-based finance for women’s empowerment and climate impact. This partnership evolved around Social Finances’ analysis of the W+ market, but also builds on their extensive knowledge of outcomes based financial systems. The collaboration focuses on positioning women’s empowerment outcomes—measured and verified through the W+ Standard—as a credible impact assets that can be bundled with, or traded alongside, carbon credits. This work contributes to emerging efforts to make carbon and SDG outcome markets more equitable, particularly for high-impact enterprises in sectors such as clean cooking, distributed renewable energy, and climate-resilient agriculture.

Shell Foundation

The Shell Foundation is an initiative of the oil major Royal Dutch Shell, envisioned in 1997, as a worldwide, social investment initiative to concentrate on working with external partners to promote sustainable development.
https://shellfoundation.org/

The Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservany’s Coral Triangle Project provided support to conduct W+ assessments in four areas of three countries:Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. This partnership advances learning on how women’s leadership and community engagement strengthen conservation outcomes, ecosystem restoration, and long-term climate resilience.

Value Network Ventures (VNV)

WOCAN strengthened their partnership with Value Network Ventures (VNV) to advance gender-responsive, outcomes-based climate finance using carbon finance. With the support of CGAP (World Bank), WOCAN conducted the W+ assessment of a VNV carbon project with SEWA (Self-employed Women’s Association), generating the world’s first carbon project with W+ certification, demonstrating how carbon f inance can fund women’s empowerment initiatives.