Category: Events

  • Powering Africa Summit: Engendering Change Breakfast Panel

    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…

  • World Bank Event: Gender, Energy & Livelihoods

    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…

  • Webinar 10 Dec: Gender and Energy Sector Reform

    Webinar 10 Dec: Gender and Energy Sector Reform

    Gender and Energy Sector Reform Webinar on Dec 10, 2015 9am London, 10am CET, 2.30pm IST, 3pm Dhaka The webinar will introduce and present findings of a new project on Gender and Energy Sector Reforms led by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of IISD. GSI together with partners in three countries-Bangladesh, India and Nigeria will…

  • COP21 Side Event: From Global Commitments to Local Action: National Approaches to Mitigating Climate Change and Advancing Gender Equality

    COP21 Side Event: From Global Commitments to Local Action: National Approaches to Mitigating Climate Change and Advancing Gender Equality

    Hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency of the Government of Liberia in collaboration with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Governments of Finland and Peru, ENERGIA, and WOCAN Event Date: 8 December 2015 – 4:45pm to 6:15pm Location: Paris, France A high-level UNFCCC COP21 side event on the occasion of Gender Day: to discuss strategies,…

  • COP21 Side Event on Gender-Responsiveness as a Tool to Increase Environmental Sustainability and Energy Access

    COP21 Side Event on Gender-Responsiveness as a Tool to Increase Environmental Sustainability and Energy Access

    ENERGIA and IUCN invite you to a panel discussion on Gender Responsiveness as a Tool to Increase Environmental Sustainability and Energy Access On the occasion of the 21st Conference Of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  (COP21) Featuring remarks from:  Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator ENERGIA and SE4All CSO representative Melina Campos, Climate Change,…

  • GECCO Energy webinar series: Gender in large-scale infrastructure

    GECCO Energy webinar series: Gender in large-scale infrastructure

    What we know, what we need & the out-of-the-box opportunities Friday, November 13, 2015 at 10:00-11:30 AM EDT 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 a low emission development pathways for many around the world.…

  • Clean Cooking Forum 2015

    Clean Cooking Forum 2015

    Register today for the Clean Cooking Forum 2015, November 9-13, 2015 at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana! Spots are going fast and we anticipate this this event will SELL OUT. This year’s exciting agenda brings together more than 400 global leaders from the private sector, government, finance, civil society, academia, the UN, and Development…

  • Course Announcement: Gender Equality and Development – Gender and Energy Module

    Course Announcement: Gender Equality and Development – Gender and Energy Module

    Organised by E-institute in collaboration with World Bank Group Gender and ESMAP Dates: November 16, 2015 – December 18, 2015 Application Ends On : October 31, 2015 Energy affects women and men differently, as men and women have different roles and responsibilities in households, markets and their communities. This makes their access, use, and the…

  • GECCO Energy Webinar Series on Gender equality in the energy sector

    GECCO Energy Webinar Series on Gender equality in the energy sector

    Gender equality in the energy sector: Understanding how renewable energy contributes to empowerment Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 10:00-11:30 AM EDT Gender mainstreaming in the energy sector is taking place from national policies to institutional reforms and project development, ultimately increasing energy access and providing low emission development pathways for many around the world. Gender has…

  • Featuring Women in SAIREC

    Featuring Women in SAIREC

    UN Women South Africa Multi Country Office, in partnership with Department of Energy and the United Nations Industrial development Organisation (UNIDO), has launched a call for women to submit projects focusing on renewable energy technologies and innovations. The project promotes technologies that have a positive impact on women’s lives, especially those technologies that will improve…

  • South African International Renewable Energy Conference 2015

    South African International Renewable Energy Conference 2015

    Oct 4 2015 – Oct 7 2015  – Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town SAIREC 2015 is an international conference dedicated exclusively to renewables. It is for government ministers, high-level decision makers, experts, specialists and thought leaders, as well as private sector players and civil society to discuss and exchange their vision, experiences, and…

  • Event: Energy, Poverty and Gender Conference

    Event: Energy, Poverty and Gender Conference

    Thursday, September 10, 2015 Washington DC 20005 Development practitioners’ recognition of the importance of electricity to economic growth has led to billions of dollars in investment in the energy sector. To ensure the maximum impact of these investments, it is essential to consider how electricity can contribute to poverty reduction, social inclusion and gender equality.…