Asia – being home to major markets like China, India and Japan, as well as the emerging South-East Asian region – has big opportunities ahead. The recent commitments at COP21 and ASEAN Ministerial summits provide a promising path for the growth of renewable energy applications in the region. The 2-day conference and networking platform Unlocking Solar […]
Dr. Anita Shankar discusses agency building, ENERGIA’s work, and how women are empowered from the inside out. When you hear the word ‘agency’, the first thing that may come to mind is a physical entity, a building with people working away in an office, a travel agency, a recruitment agency, a government department, and so […]
Visionaria Network is now accepting applications for the Empowered Entrepreneur Training Fund (EETF). EETF is a small grants fund designed to partially subsidize training programs for organizations working to sell cookstoves and other energy products in East Africa to train their sales staff or entrepreneurs in critical business, empowerment and leadership training. The EETF will support organizations in […]
Ashden is seeking entries for its 2018 Awards, the world’s leading green energy awards. Ashden wants to hear from enterprises and programmes in the UK, developing countries and emerging economies that are blazing a trail in increasing access to energy, demonstrating excellence in sustainable buildings, promoting cleaner forms of transport, and driving innovation in the […]
A small team of Hivos team members and representatives from our host partner in Guatemala, Alterna Impact, went on a learning adventure on July 28 to meet with Guatemalan women entrepreneurs and learn about their needs and experiences around renewable energy. In the team were Raquel Chacón and Kattia Quirós from Hivos’ Costa Rica office […]
Gold Standard has developed Gender Equality Guidelines and Requirements for use with Gold Standard for the Global Goals and announces a public consultation>> for these Gender Equality Guidelines and Requirements and invite you to provide your feedback for two key elements: Gender Sensitive Requirements (Steps 1-3 of the Guidelines & Requirements) – These represent the addition of latest best practice to Gold Standard’s […]
Stockholm, 29 Aug 2017 – The Green Climate Fund is helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch today of its first gender guide to climate finance. GCF Executive Director Howard Bamsey and Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate Isabella Lövin (who is also the country’s Deputy Prime Minister) unveiled the gender manual during World Water […]
By Neva Nahtigal Kopernik, our partner in Indonesia, has been working to improve public understanding of issues related to women and energy access. At the core of their recent activities in pursuit of that goal is the Indonesian Women for Energy – or #IDWOMEN4ENERGY – campaign. As Kopernik’s communications officer Ina Saptiono explained, “This […]
Practical Action (PA) is launching its 6th edition of the Poor People’s Energy Outlook (PPEO) series –Financing National Energy Access: A Bottom Up Approach. This report considers how best to finance the national integrated energy access plans PA created for Bangladesh, Kenya and Togo in PPEO 2016, looking at the mix of technologies and funding required to […]
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania – On August 24, 2017, Solar Sister, in collaboration with the UN Foundation-led Energy Access Practitioner Network and ENERGIA will host a workshop to highlight the need for more meaningful inclusion of women in clean energy access value chains and policies. Solar Sister will also launch new research from the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship on the benefits of its […]
August 14, 2017 – Using the latest energy data from our knowledge partners, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) has launched newly updated ‘heat maps’ on its web site that help identify countries and regions around the world making the most progress – and facing the biggest challenges – on key sustainable energy issues. The four sets of heat […]
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves has released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a potential applied research study on clean cooking and unpaid work. Contingent on approval of funding (up to $150,000), the Alliance is seeking to identify qualified partners to help improve the sector’s understanding of the impacts on girls and women’s livelihoods, […]
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