Author: Tjarda Muller
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Zanzibar’s ‘Solar Mamas’ flip the switch on rural homes and gender roles
Fourteen year-old Nuru Sheha studies at night in the light of solar-powered LED lights at home in the village of Matemwe, on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. He family’s first electrical system was installed by one of Zanzibar’s 13 “solar mamas,” illiterate women trained in India to be solar power engineers. Able now to study…
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ENERGIA at the 2015 Vienna Energy Forum
Elizabeth Cecelski – 21 June 2015, Vienna, Austria From 18 – 20 June, UNIDO organized the Vienna Energy Forum 2015, together with SE4ALL. ENERGIA co-hosted a networking event and a side event on gender, energy and inclusive development. As one of ENERGIA’s technical advisor I attended this inspiring forum. It was good to see old…
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Green Asia Grants of up to $5,000 to NGOs/CSOs Working in Asia
Deadline: 8 July 2015 The Korea Green Foundation’s Green Asia Grants annually provides financial aid to NGOs, civic organizations in the Asia region and this is the five consecutive year, it has been held. The Green Asia Grant supports environmental campaign, education and research projects by CSOs in Asian regions. It aims to support activities of CSOs…
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NGOs, public and private sector exchange during ACEF kick off
The 2015 Asia Clean Energy Forum kicked off on Sunday in Manila with a Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) Consultation Workshop, bringing together leaders from public sector, private sector and civil society organisations working on energy in the Asia-Pacific region. The most impassioned intervention came from Harish Hande of SELCO-India, arguing that funders need to…
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Invitation Deep Dive Session during Asia Clean Energy Forum 2015
Unlocking Energy Access Impact, Investment, Scale and Sustainability through Gender-Sensitive Approaches Date: Monday, June 15, 2:00 – 5:30 Organizers: ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy; Global Alliance on Clean Cookstoves; Energy for All Initiative and South Asia Energy Division, ADB The United Nations General Assembly declared the decade 2014 2024 as the Decade of…
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Working Together for Good
“We buy books, pay school fees, get uniforms. That is our work. The requirements for children, [we see] the light is one of the requirements.” In Gulu, Uganda, there is a group of women working together to bring light, hope, and opportunity to their families and communities. Each week, the village savings and loans group meets…
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Event Recap: Gender Track at the SE4All Forum 2015
It was apparent at the 2015 SE4ALL Forum last week that the topic of gender has finally wedged its way into the energy access conversation. From the multi-stakeholder sessions early in the week, all the way through to the ministerial dialogues in the General Assembly hall at the United Nations, women were mentioned not only…
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Gender Informed Business Model Panel
On the first day of the 2015 Sustainable Energy for All Forum in New York City, ENERGIA and their partners convened a multi-stakeholder panel focused on Gender-Informed Business Models for Scaling Up Energy Access. The panel was moderated by Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA’s International Coordinator and Programme Manager and featured: Corinne Hart – Director, Gender &…
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Landmark Resolution on Indoor Air Pollution from World Health Assembly
Delegates at the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to address the health impacts of air pollution – the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Every year 4.3 million deaths occur from exposure to indoor air pollution and 3.7 million deaths are attributable to outdoor air pollution. This was the first time the Health Assembly…
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Study on Gender and Livelihoods Impacts of Clean Cookstoves in South Asia
A study that measured the use of improved cookstoves in India, Bangladesh and Nepal found that women spend the equivalent of more than two weeks each year collecting firewood in India. Households using cleaner, more efficient cookstoves saved significant amounts of time and used less fuel than those using traditional stoves. Women who saved time…
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Radha Muthiah on Clean Cooking, SDG’s, Energy Access & Climate Change
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Energy, Women & Children’s Health
At the 2015 SE4ALL Forum this week, ENERGIA’s International Coordinator, Sheila Oparaocha took to the stage to participate in an important discussion on Energy, Women & Children’s Health. The group of speakers – which represented the private sector, governments of concerned nations and other international NGO’s participating in relevant projects – discussed the issues facing women…