Women’s organizations are not able to access sufficient resources to enable them to address needs and climate adaptive responses.
Less than 2% of global funds go to women owned projects
The financing gap for women in developing countries is $1.7 trillion
The way we invest shapes the world we live in. The 2018 Global Gender Gap Report projects the overall global gender gap will close in 108 years across the 106 countries covered by the report. The W+ Standard is a results-based financing mechanism that provides a solution to drive more resources to women at the community level, quantifiably closing this gap at an accelerated rate.
Women tend to make decisions about resource use and investments in the interest and welfare of their children, families and communities (UNEP Gender and Environment Outlook, 2016)
How women decide to invest the income they receive – beyond any benefits that a project provides- is where the innovation, creativity, and transformation of women’s economic agency happen.
