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| Jeannette Gurung |
This is a fascinating interview with the founder and executive director of WOCAN (Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management), Jeannette Gurung. The organization has been working for years now to empower women in developing countries and give them a voice in the decisions that are being made regarding agriculture and their villages. Now, WOCAN is introducing the world's first Women's Carbon Standard. Gurung explains that "The WCS provides a performance-based mechanism that values and
compensates women for their contributions to [Greenhouse Gas] reductions by assuring
that projects benefit women through provision of co-benefits and through
the repatriation of a percentage of carbon credits
back to women’s groups" (full disclosure: Jeannette and her husband, who is also involved with WOCAN, are dear friends whose dedication and energy are impressive and inspiring):
http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltobias/2013/06/04/women-wall-street-and-mitigating-climate-change-the-critical-importance-of-wocan/
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