Author: Tjarda Muller
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Empowering Women Market Gardeners in Fass Ngom, Senegal
By Maïmouna Makouar Diouf, Mercy Corps – Energy 4 Impact In the community of Fass Ngom, 30 km from Saint-Louis in northern Senegal, Mercy Corps’ energy access platform, Energy 4 Impact, collaborates with ENERGIA to support women engaged in market gardening. A recent visit to Fass Ngom allowed us to meet with 10 women beneficiaries…
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IEA Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa: What stood out, concerns and next steps
By Sheila Oparaocha On May 14, the International Energy Agency (IEA) organized a Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa. The summit was co-chaired by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania H.E. Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Prime Minister of Norway H.E. Jonas Gahr Støre, the President of the African Development Bank Group Dr.…
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Partner in the Spotlight: Solar Sister
Growing Solar Sister’s Women-Centered Clean Energy Last Mile Distribution Network to Combat Energy Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa In sub-Saharan Africa, over 940 million people lack access to electricity, and over 700 million must cook with dangerous fuels like firewood and charcoal. Since 2009, Solar Sister has been combating energy poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by recruiting,…
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Partner in the Spotlight: Energy 4 Impact
Energy 4 Impact is Mercy Corps’ energy platform, working to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable, climate resilient and equitable future for all. The platform’s goal is to accelerate advancements in achieving universal, sustainable modern energy, leveraging its potential to tackle critical development and humanitarian challenges. Energy 4 Impact empowers communities to confront climate change…
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Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress
This year’s International Women’s Day theme is Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress. ENERGIA wholeheartedly embraces this theme. Women are key in addressing the Social Development Goals (SDGs), dealing with the world’s biggest challenges today. These goals, including SDG7 of ensuring affordable and clean energy for all by 2030, can only be met if women are…
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Advocacy endeavors paying off: Working behind the scenes with the President’s Office
By Thabit Mikidadi and Tjarda Muller At the 28th UN FCCC Conference of Parties in Dubai in December, 2023, the President of Tanzania launched the Africa Women Clean Cooking Program (AWCCSP). This initiative aims to empower women and girls across Africa, by providing access to clean cooking technologies. President Samia Suluhu Hassan emphasized the program’s…
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International Day of Clean Energy
January 26 was declared International Day of Clean Energy by the United Nations, as a call to raise awareness and mobilize action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy for the benefit of people and the planet. At ENERGIA, co-convening partner of the Gender and Energy Compact, we fully support this initiative and…
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Ashden Awards 2024
2023 has been confirmed as the hottest year on record. So isn’t it time to banish spiralling temperatures to the history books? You can help by boosting our search for brilliant Global South energy innovators. Kick off the New Year with something quick and easy: sharing the news that entries to the 2024 Ashden Awards…
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Foyré Rewbé 3 kicks off to advance women’s roles in Senegal’s clean energy transition and climate justice
In the ENERGIA Phase 7 program “Women Driving the Energy Transition and Climate Justice” we work with five partners in six countries, supporting women energy entrepreneurs and productive uses of energy. In the coming years, we aim to reach 2,500 new women entrepreneurs and 2 million consumers in last-mile communities. One of our longstanding partners…
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Gender and Energy Research Symposium: Were are we now? Where do we want to go? How do we get there?
On Friday December 8, 15:00 – 16:00, Prof. dr. Clancy will hold her Farewell lecture at the Twente University. Prof. Clancy is one of the founding members of ENERGIA and has since been one of our Technical Advisors. She has been a trailblazer in research on the gender and energy nexus and her contributions to…
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The Africa Climate Summit and gender inclusion: Compelling discussions, disappointing results
By Tjarda Muller, ENERGIA From September 4 to 6, Kenya hosted the first Africa Climate Summit ever. For three days, Heads of States from across Africa convened to address the ever-worsening effects of climate change and the energy crisis that put the lives of millions of people in harm’s way. Worldwide, 733 million people still…
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Solar Sister Spotlight: “The community sees me as a hero”.
Hilaria Paschal’s home in Madukani, Tanzania along the edge of Tarangire National Park, is a flurry of activity. On a hot Thursday afternoon, a village meeting wraps up nearby, and then a spontaneous performance including drums and dancing springs up in front of Hilaria’s home. Behind them, a group of basket weavers works patiently on…