Category: ENERGIA
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Sheila Oparaocha joins Energy 4 Impact’s Board of Trustees
Sheila Oparaocha, the International Coordinator and Programme Manager of the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, has been confirmed as the newest addition to Energy 4 Impact’s Board of Trustees. Read more
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Changing gender dynamics through energy access and economic empowerment
“Make sure that women are at the heart of energy policies and investments. This area truly holds tremendous potential to empower women and make the world a better place for everyone,” said Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA’s International coordinator and programme manager in her International Women’s Day message. Speaking about ENERGIA’s women-centred economic empowerment (WE) programme, Ibu…
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Women must take center stage in energy policies and investments
On International Women’s Day ENERGIA calls for women to be at the heart of energy policies and investments. Watch the video or read the full text below. Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA International coordinator and programme manager said: As the world celebrates women on International Women’s Day, we at ENERGIA want to highlight a critical aspect in…
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Working with young people and their educators in Nepal
Centre for Rural Technology Nepal (CRT/N) has been actively reaching out to children and young people, their parents and educators, to advocate sustainable energy and increase awareness of its importance. In the past year, advocacy and awareness raising in Nepal included a creative portrayal of the importance of improved cookstoves, capacity building programmes, the distribution…
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We are changing the mindset
ENERGIA’s International Coordinator and Programme Manager Sheila Oparaocha attended the three-day Women’s Energy Entrepreneurship workshop in Nairobi, Kenya. The event brought together people from all around the world to discuss women’s energy entrepreneurship and explore the role of gender-informed approaches that scale access to household energy, as well as increase gender equality and women’s empowerment.…
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Five role models win ENERGIA Women Entrepreneurship Award 2017
We are pleased to announce five women from Asia and Africa as winners of the ENERGIA Women Entrepreneurship Award 2017. The award is meant to recognize outstanding work and encourage the winners to perform even better in the future. ENERGIA’s partners in the implementation of the Women Economic Empowerment (WE) Programme nominated the candidates for the…
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“What do women want?” Understanding the energy needs of women and girls
By Shukri Abdulkadir, ENERGIA Programme Officer “What do women want?” It was this age-old question that formed the central focus of the International Workshop on Gender and Energy, held on December 12, 2016 and the subsequent annual Gender and Energy Research Programme meeting. The international workshop presented a host of insights on energy and empowerment from…
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Transforming energy systems and gender roles and relations are interconnected
Inaugural lecture dr. Joy Clancy The effects of the energy transition have been addressed in numerous ways. The political and economic effects are under a magnifying glass, as the impacts are considered to be huge for the coming decades. But what is the relation between energy transition and gender equality? Dr. Joy Clancy, who held…
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Vlogging about selling clean energy products in East Flores
Trisa Triandesa was one of the three selected volunteers in Koperkink’s #IDWomen4Energy programme. He lived for a month with one of Kopernik’s Wonder Women, to help her in her businesses, collecting merchandise and selling it. The enthusiastic actor and media consultant vlogged about his experience. Click below to follow Trisa on his adventure!
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Agency building as part of integral support to women entrepreneurs
Support micro- and small scale women entrepreneurs to become successful business owners is much more than providing them with technical skills. Agency building is at least as important. But what is agency? How do you build, develop or strengthen it? Why is it so important? Unequal relations and standards Merriam-Webster defines agency as ‘a person…
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Why including women is important. An interview with ENERGIA’s International Coordinator
Watch an interview with ENERGIA’s International Coordinator Sheila Oparaocha on Himalaya TV, Nepal. Sheila talks not only about the situation in Nepal, but also explains why it is important to include women in the energy supply chain, as providers as well as consumers.
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Celebrities rooting for energy access
Getting people to understand and care for an issue gets a boost when celebrities root for your case. Our partners running public campaigns to raise awareness on the linkages between poverty, gender inequality and energy access, know this as no other. These campaigns have been endorsed by national celebrities. And it paid off. Together, they have reached…