Author: Tjarda Muller
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Gender review of energy policies and programmes, Sri Lanka
As part of the ADB funded project Improving Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy project, ENERGIA conducted a gender review of energy policies and programmes in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as a region-wide review. The reviews show that in recent years, gains have been made in the region, especially in terms of electrification. The…
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Gender review of energy policies and programmes, Nepal
As part of the ADB funded project Improving Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy project, ENERGIA conducted a gender review of energy policies and programmes in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as a region-wide review. The reviews show that in recent years, gains have been made in the region, especially in terms of electrification. The…
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Gender review of energy policies and programmes, Bhutan
As part of the ADB funded project Improving Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable Energy project, ENERGIA conducted a gender review of energy policies and programmes in Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka, as well as a region-wide review. The reviews show that in recent years, gains have been made in the region, especially in terms of electrification. The…
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Gender indicators for the energy sector: Challenges and ways forward
If you are working in the energy and development community, you will be familiar with the argument: ‘energy provision is not a goal in itself, but the benefits of energy services are’. With the inclusion of energy in the Sustainable Development Goals and the rising recognition of the need to understand gendered differences, the attention…
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Energy giant TOTAL and women entrepreneurs join forces
In Senegal, the average electricity access is 57 percent, in rural areas it is 27. In the regions of Tambacounda and Kedougou, Eastern Senegal, where ENERGIA is working with local partner GVEP, the percentages of access are as low as nine and four. Delivery of off-grid solar products is therefore critical to improving the livelihoods…
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In conversation with Sheila Oparaocha
Sheila Oparaocha, Programme Manager of ENERGIA and a member of the Power for All Steering Committee talks about the critical role of women in achieving energy access in an interview with Power for All. This interview originally appeared on the Power for All website, for the full transcript please visit their website: http://www.powerforall.org/blog/2016/3/28/in-conversation-with-sheila-oparaocha
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CWS 60 recap: Women’s Energy Entrepreneurship: Empowering Women and Scaling Access to Energy
March 14, 2016, New York. Solar Sister participated in the UN NGO Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) official parallel event on the theme “Women’s Energy Entrepreneurship: Empowering Women and Scaling Access to Energy”. The event was organized by The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, ENERGIA and UN Women. The panel discussed women’s energy…
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Strangely little is known about electricity’s gendered impact!
This blog was originally posted on the website of the EFEWEE programme (Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women’s Empowerment through Electrification) By Magi Matinga, Tanja Winther, Anjali Saini and Debajit Palit (on behalf of the EFEWEE Team) Dear All, It has been a really exciting start to 2016 for the EFEWEE team!…
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ENERGIA celebrates International Women’s Day all year round
For ENERGIA, every day is International Women’s Day! Together with eight partner organizations, we support over 3,000 women in seven countries in Africa and Asia, to become empowered entrepreneurs. One of these women is Mrs. Kandé, who owns a dairy production business in Kolda, South Senegal. Mrs. Kandé started her dairy production in 2002. Despite…
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Hivos extends a warm welcome to ENERGIA!
As of March 1, 2016, Hivos became the legal host of longstanding partner ENERGIA. With the integration of ENERGIA, Hivos welcomes a network of member organisations in 22 countries (with a focus on Africa and Asia) that has played a major role in creating an institutional base for mainstreaming gender into the energy sector…
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Rural Senegalese Women Spearhead Sustainable Energy Management in Kaffrine
Charcoal production, a predominantly male activity, is being reformed in Senegal’s Kaffrine region to reduce the negative impacts on the environment and include women on all levels of the value chain. Empowered by the Second Sustainable and Participatory Energy Management Project (PROGEDE II), which is funded by the World Bank and the Nordic Development Fund…
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Ensuring the inclusion of clean cooking in the SDG Indicator Framework
We are happy to announce that in collaboration with partners and based on extensive consideration, ENERGIA and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Alliance) have made indicator recommendations under Social Development Goals 3 (on health), 5 (on gender and woman’s empowerment), and 7 (on energy access). Our inputs have helped shape the current draft indicator…