Author: Energia algemeen
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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. …
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GWNET Mentoring Programme 2/2019 for women in the energy sector
GWNET is currently launching the second round of the its Mentoring Programme for women in junior and middle management positions. The mentoring programme will last for 12 months and start in March 2019. The programme will run as an on-line programme. GWNET’s mentoring-programme will have a web-based kick-off meeting which allows for the interaction of…
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Webinar – Achieving Inclusive Energy Access at Scale: A discussion of Practical Action’s Poor People’s Energy Outlook 2018
Time: Tuesday, January 29 2019, 12:00 CET / 16:30 IST / 6:00 EST Registration: To register for this webinar please go to this link. SEforALL is pleased to host People-Centered Accelerator partner Practical Action for a briefing on the research and findings from the latest Poor People’s Energy Outlook (PPEO) 2018 report, Achieving inclusive energy…
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Expressions of Interest (EOI) for a Field Study on Quantifying and Measuring Climate, Health and Gender Co-Benefits from Clean Cooking Interventions
The World Bank has advertised a call for expressions of interest (EOI) for a Field Study on Quantifying and Measuring Climate, Health and Gender Co-Benefits from Clean Cooking Interventions. To build the field experience and evidence of quantifying climate, health, and gender co-benefits from clean cooking interventions, the World Bank seeks to hire a…
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Vacancy: Senior Project Manager ENERGIA Women Economic Empowerment
Region: Worldwide Office: Global Office, The Hague Hours: 32 Apply before: January 21, 2019 About us Established in 1996, ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, is an informal network that brings together institutions and individuals, to work towards a shared vision that “women and men have equal and equitable access to,…
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Power Problem in a Changing Climate: The Renewable Energy Movement is Shortchanging Women and the Poor
“I had been standing in line for over an hour. As I waited to pick up my name tag at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September, nearing the last quarter of a long line, I noticed a white woman and a group of her peers crashing the line ahead. Others around…
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Webinar: Women’s empowerment through access to modern energy
Time: Wednesday, 27 December 2018, 2:00 P.M. IST Registration: To register for this webinar please go to this link. The EFEWEE Team invites you to join the research webinar titled, “Women’s empowerment through access to modern energy: Evidence from India and Nepal”, on 27th December 2018 at 2:00 P.M. IST. This webinar is organised as part…
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Women in Energy | Policy makers called upon to leverage technology
A citizen of the world, Ana Victoria Rojas is challenging the status quo by taking an interest in different cultural backgrounds and designing context-appropriate solutions for achieving social and environmental change. Originally from Costa Rica and a lawyer by trade, Ana entered the energy sector purely by chance and now sports experience working in…
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Hivos at COP 24: Inclusive finance for energy access
The 24th edition of the Climate conference, known as COP24 is about to start. From 2 to 14 December, World leaders, international institutions, private sector, climate groups and other civil society organizations will gather in Katowice, Poland, to discuss global ambitions to protect the climate and define adaptation and mitigation measures to protect the most…
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Women-led enterprises in the energy sector: Findings and recommendations from ENERGIA meeting in Rwanda
Currently, nearly 2.7 billion people still lack access to clean cooking facilities and 1 billion people live without access to electricity. Closing this gap and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is one of the major challenges of our times, and it requires efforts from public and private sector to create an enabling environment…
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Pig pens power a solution to climate change in Vietnam
When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of Viet Nam’s capital, Hanoi, villagers were not accustomed to seeing a woman take the reins of a business. But eight years later, Trin Gim has achieved not only financial success, but has…
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The application deadline for the 2018 C3E Poster Competition has been extended!
Female undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers currently undertaking research in clean energy are invited to apply! Entrants with the most compelling posters will be invited to attend the 2018 C3E Symposium on December 3-4, 2018 at Stanford University to showcase their work. The C3E Poster Competition, now in its seventh year, is an opportunity…