a-project: Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean Energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
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A Regional Gender Assessment of Energy Policies and Programmes in South Asia Improving gender-inclusive access to clean and renewable energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Improving Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka is an Asian Development Bank (ADB)-supported project(JFPR Grant-9158 REG). The project aimed to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable and reliable clean energy sources and technologies in selected project sites in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It was implemented by…
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Gender review of national energy policies and programmes in Nepal Improving gender-inclusive access to clean and renewable energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Improving gender-inclusive access to clean and renewable energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka is an Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported project (JFPR Grant-9158 REG), being implemented by the ETC Foundation, Netherlands, in association with Centre for Rural Technology (CRT/N) (Nepal country partner). The project aims to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable and…
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Gender review of national energy policies and programmes in Bhutan Improving gender-inclusive access to clean and renewable energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
The Improving Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka is Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported project (JFPR Grant-9158 REG). The project aims to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable and reliable clean energy sources and technologiesin selected project sites in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. This is a…
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Gender review of national energy policies and programmes in Sri Lanka Improving gender-inclusive access to clean and renewable energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Improving gender-inclusive access to clean and renewable energy in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka is an Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported project (JFPR Grant-9158 REG). The project aims to increase rural poor women’s access to affordable and reliable clean energy sources and technologies in selected project sites in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. This report…
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ENERGIA Receives Award for Contribution to Gender Equality at Inclusive Energy Solutions Conference
On 11 and 12 April this year the Asian Development Bank (ADB) organised a conference on gender inclusive energy solutions in South Asia. During the conference, ENERGIA and its NGO partners, Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Practical Action and Centre for Rural Technology – Nepal, received a special award for its contribution to gender…
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With proper knowledge, reducing electricity cost and consumption is not hard
In the Ampara district in Eastern Sri Lanka, Rasika Jayanthi attended Practical Action’s awareness training on efficient electricity use. Her electricity bills have since gone down from LKR 2,000 to an average of LKR 750[1]. Meter reading is conventionally seen as a technical task that can be handled only by trained meter readers. However,…
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Small steps, big differences: An entrepreneur in the making
Through participating in an ADB-supported RSPN – ENERGIA training programme on the use of electricity for production, product improvement and skills enhancement, bamboo crafter Ugyen Choden (second from left) has more than doubled her income. Ugyen Choden is a 27-year-old single mother of two who lives in the village of Bjoka Trong in Lower…