Author: Tjarda Muller
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Gender, Energy and Clean Cooking Solutions on the agenda at SE4ALL 3rd Annual Workshop
On Thursday, February 11, the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG), in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) and the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), organized an event that focused on Gender, Energy…
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GECCO Webinar: Gender Dimensions of Renewable Energy Financing
The new Paris Agreement sends a strong message to the world to move towards implementation and achieve effective mitigation actions. With energy production and consumption accounting for two-thirds of global greenhouse gas emissions, it’s clear that this mitigation would require an increase in renewable energy investments. Moreover, the international community also agreed to double the…
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Practical Action: Women in Energy Enterprises in Kenya
A single mother of three, Margaret Kariuki used to sell milk to earn a living in Lanet Umoja in Nakuru county of Kenya. Now she runs a successful briquette business, thanks to training and mentorship from Practical Action. Practical Action Eastern Africa, in partnership with Sustainable Community Development Services (SCODE) is implementing the Women in Energy…
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Solar Sister brings light, hope and opportunity
Solar Sister was founded on the idea that women have the potential to bring light, hope and opportunity to their communities. The organization provides technical, business, sales and marketing training to women in Africa. The training helps the women start small businesses, which sell sustainable energy products to their communities. Additionally, their network of entrepreneurs and…
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Principal Investigator Gender and Energy Research Programme Appointed Full Professor at University
ENERGIA’s Principal Investigator for the Gender and Energy Research Programme was appointed full professor “Gender and Energy” at the University of Twente, as of December 1, 2015. Ms. Clancy’s research has focused, for 30 years, on small-scale energy systems for developing countries particularly the influence in households and small informal sector enterprises. Since obtaining her PhD…
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SE4All Africa Side event on Gender, Energy and Clean Cooking Solutions
11 February 2016, Abidjan The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) Office of the Special Envoy on Gender (SEOG) in collaboration with the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Africa Hub, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) and the ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE), has the pleasure to invite you to…
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Sister to Sister, Stove by Stove
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GECCO Webinar on Gender equality and mitigation
COP21 implications for implementing mitigation activities Friday, February 5, 2016 at 10:00-11:30 AM EST Register for the webinar here. Gender mainstreaming in the energy sector is taking place from national policies, to institutional reforms and project development, increasing energy access and providing low emission development pathways for many around the world. It has been a…
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Powering Africa Summit: Engendering Change Breakfast Panel
Engendering Change: Promoting Women’s Advancement Through Energy Sector Innovations Friday, January 29, 2016 7:00 – 8:45 AM As a Lead Sponsor of the Powering Africa Summit, Deloitte invites you to join us for a panel discussion, breakfast, and networking event to explore how public and private sector players are accelerating energy reform and clean energy…
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World Bank Event: Gender, Energy & Livelihoods
Engaging Women in Clean Energy Access Case of Clean Cooking & Solar Sister Tuesday, February 2, 2016 | 12:00 – 1:30 PM | Room I 2 – 250 Organized and sponsored by: ESMAP, Efficient Clean Cooking and Heating Program (ECCH) and the GP for Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Expanding access to modern energy can…
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World Bank Charts Show Gender Gaps We Still Need to Close
The World Bank Group has just launched a new gender data portal that brings together data on topics ranging from education, demographics, and health to jobs, asset ownership, and political participation. The World Bank also just released the Little Data Book on Gender 2016 along with online tables that are linked to the latest data available…
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Kopernik wins prestigious Zayed Future Energy Prize 2016
This year’s Zayed Future Energy Prize for the Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) category was awarded to Kopernik, an Indonesia-based organisation. The award-giving ceremony was held in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates on Monday, 18 January 2016, during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The Zayed Future Energy Prize was established in 2008 to honour individuals,…