a-project: Empowering Women, Engendering Energy (EWEE)

  • ENERGIA receives new funding to continue its Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme

    ENERGIA receives new funding to continue its Women’s Economic Empowerment Programme

      ENERGIA is delighted to announce that our long-time partner, the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), has committed to our new project Empowering Women, Engendering Energy with a 6 million euro contribution. The project builds on our experience in women’s economic empowerment, advocacy for gender inclusion in energy policies and practice, gender mainstreaming in large…

  • Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not

    Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not

    ENERGIA has been working on the intersection of energy access and women’s economic empowerment through its Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programme. This document presents ENERGIA’s four-year journey to create and upscale women-centric energy enterprises that sell safe, reliable and affordable energy solutions to low-income consumers in underserved areas. It is a self-reflection, undertaken collectively by…

  • Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not

    Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not

      ENERGIA presents a new publication “Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not”. The document looks at the lessons learned, unsuccessful and productive strategies over a four-year journey on the field with five leading partners working in developing women’s enterprises in the renewable energy sector in hard to reach areas.  …

  • How do we ensure an inclusive and just energy transition where no one is left behind?

    How do we ensure an inclusive and just energy transition where no one is left behind?

    The High-Level Political Forum is an annual conference crucial to review progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Under this year’s theme “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies”, from 9 to 18 July, the Forum discussed a set of SDGs and their interlinkages, with a focus to SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 7…