Women's Participation in REDD+ Processes in Africa

50 men and women, representing 17 African countries, were convened at the Regional Workshop on Women Participation in REDD+ Processes in Africa. The workshop was hosted by the World Bank¿s Social Practice, financed by the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and executed by the Africa FCPF Capacity Building Program¿s (CBP) intermediaries for Indigenous People (IPs), the Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs) Mainyoito Pastoralists Integrated Development Organization (MPIDO) and the Network of Indigenous and Local Communities for the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (REPALEAC). In attendance were representative of prominent IPOs and government officials from relevant offices, as well as FCPF CBP intermediaries from Latin America and Asia, representatives from academia, the media and the private sector, and World Bank FMT members and project team members.