Category: ENERGIA
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Women-led enterprises in the energy sector: Findings and recommendations from ENERGIA meeting in Rwanda
Currently, nearly 2.7 billion people still lack access to clean cooking facilities and 1 billion people live without access to electricity. Closing this gap and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is one of the major challenges of our times, and it requires efforts from public and private sector to create an enabling environment…
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Pig pens power a solution to climate change in Vietnam
When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of Viet Nam’s capital, Hanoi, villagers were not accustomed to seeing a woman take the reins of a business. But eight years later, Trin Gim has achieved not only financial success, but has…
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Research projects receive Best Paper Awards at Diana International Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Bangkok, August 2, 2018 — We proudly announce that two projects from our Research Programme have been awarded at the Diana International Entrepreneurship Research Conference, held in Bangkok, July 31 – August 2, 2018. Research Project 2 and Research Project 7 teams were awarded the Best Junior Paper Award and the Best Conceptual Paper Award respectively. Research Project 2 on…
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How do we ensure an inclusive and just energy transition where no one is left behind?
The High-Level Political Forum is an annual conference crucial to review progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Under this year’s theme “Transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies”, from 9 to 18 July, the Forum discussed a set of SDGs and their interlinkages, with a focus to SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 7…
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HLPF side-event: Can gender-sensitive approaches serve the aims of energy access for all?
NEW YORK, July 9, 2018 – ENERGIA presented the preliminary findings of the Gender and Energy Research Programme at the High-Level Political Forum. The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), which will run for two weeks until July, 18 at the UN Headquarters in New York, brings together policy makers, government leaders and stakeholders under the…
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How taking a gender perspective contributes to increased energy access – ENERGIA and LCEDN workshop
Meeting the Sustainable Development Goal to provide sustainable energy for all by 2030 and creating a gender-inclusive environment in the energy sector will require urgent action of energy practitioners, NGOs, finance institutions, and policy-makers. The ENERGIA and LCEDN workshop in Delhi on April, 3 brought together international researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to look at the…
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Leaving No One Behind in the energy transition: wrap-up on the SEforALL Forum
More than 1,000 participants gathered to kick off the Sustainable for All Forum in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 2. Decision makers, energy actors, entrepreneurs, leaders from government, business, civil society and international organizations from around the world came together to address challenges and progress towards sustainable energy for all by 2030. This year’s theme, “Leaving…
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ENERGIA’s Sheila Oparaocha at the SDG7 Conference
In Bangkok, the SDG7 conference is well underway and ends tomorrow on 23 February. The conference on SDG7 is a global preparatory meeting in support of the review of SDG7 at the 2018 UN High-level Political Forum. ENERGIA’s Sheila Oparaocha addressed the audience at the opening plenary session on the second day of the conference. She spoke about energy access and the…
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Senegal takes a giant leap towards gender mainstreaming in national energy policies and programmes
Blog Series contributed by Energy 4 Impact – #2 of 3 After three years advocating for gender mainstreaming in national energy policies and programmes in Senegal, Energy 4 Impact with funding from ENERGIA*, has achieved important milestones: The SEforALL national documents, the Action Agenda and the Investment prospectus integrate a comprehensive gender perspective with clear…
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Helping women entrepreneurs scale-up rural supply chains to reach last mile markets
Blog Series contributed by Energy 4 Impact – #1 of 3 Energy access and development practitioners seem to agree that ending energy poverty for the most deprived populations and achieving sustainable development is impossible without the involvement of women. Women are not only the users of household energy; if given the opportunity, they can play a critical role…
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Women’s economic empowerment project enhances entrepreneurs’ business acumen and accelerates renewable energy access in Senegal
Blog Series contributed by Energy 4 Impact – #3 of 3 A recent evaluation study examining the effectiveness of Energy 4 Impact’s Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) project in rural Senegal, reveals increased business acumen and confidence among trained women entrepreneurs, as well as increased awareness of clean energy products and their benefits among the local…
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A step towards energy-access equality in Ghana
By Melissa Ruggles* Ghana has made great progress towards equalising energy access this year with the launch of its Social and Gender Integration Plan (SGIP) in October. Ghana’s Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) will oversee implementation of the action plan, which aims to ensure greater energy equality by addressing social inequalities among men, women and vulnerable…