Category: Sector News
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Power Problem in a Changing Climate: The Renewable Energy Movement is Shortchanging Women and the Poor
“I had been standing in line for over an hour. As I waited to pick up my name tag at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco in September, nearing the last quarter of a long line, I noticed a white woman and a group of her peers crashing the line ahead. Others around…
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Women in Energy | Policy makers called upon to leverage technology
A citizen of the world, Ana Victoria Rojas is challenging the status quo by taking an interest in different cultural backgrounds and designing context-appropriate solutions for achieving social and environmental change. Originally from Costa Rica and a lawyer by trade, Ana entered the energy sector purely by chance and now sports experience working in…
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Linkages between gender-based violence and environmental issues — SURVEY
Inequalities and discriminations based on gender, such as GBV, and environmental unsustainability are deeply interlinked, such that tackling one without addressing the other is unlikely to succeed. Although largely undocumented to date, GBV and environment links may feature in conservation initiatives as well as those focused on gender, economic empowerment, development, humanitarian aid, and rights…
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Last Mile Learning: Why Small Solutions are Making a Big Impact
While many in the energy sector are of the mindset that bigger is always better, Solar Sister knows from both experience and data that for people living in last mile communities, small clean energy solutions can have transformational impacts. Solar Sister’s approach focuses on “first light, last mile.” This means that we prioritize reaching customers…
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Feminist demands for the G7 – WEDO
During the 44th G7 summit, held from June 8-9, 2018, in Charlevoix, Canada, feminists, gender and women’s rights activists have been mobilizing to present key demands to the G7 countries. In May 2018, WEDO joined the W7 Feminist Summit in Canada, together with 70 feminists from around the globe, to generate key recommendations for G7…
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UK Energy Industry Launches Coalition on Gender Diversity
A new initiative has been launched to boost the number of women at senior levels and middle management in the UK energy industry. The Energy Leaders’ Coalition comprises eight of the leading chief executives from the UK’s energy sector – of which only two are women – who are making a public declaration to improve…
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Last Mile Learning: How local assistance and trust motivate last-mile customers
MIT CITE research finds that Solar Sister’s model built on social networks and women entrepreneurs is reaching last-mile consumers. Research also shows that last-mile consumers place considerable importance on local after-sales services and purchasing from people they know and trust when it comes to solar energy. Read full entry.
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Quantifying progress toward UN goal to ‘Empower all women and girls’
New Gold Standard framework provides a credible way to measure contributions of climate projects to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 – gender equality Geneva, Switzerland, 15 January 2018. Gold Standard has launched a new Gender Equality Framework within its standard ‘Gold Standard for the Global Goals’ to enable developers and funders of climate protection projects…
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The weekend read: Empowerment and energy in India
Gender issues: Energy access can be transformed from an obstacle to an opportunity for women’s empowerment through the integration of women into the energy supply chain, as well as supportive policies. Organizations in India are working to expand energy access and empower women by boosting incomes, expanding skills and strengthening self-confidence. Over time, these efforts…
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Strengthening Gender Equality and Increasing Women’s Participation in the Ethiopian Power Sector
Could on-site childcare facilities boost performance at a national power utility by creating a better workplace for women? Meazagenet Tsegaye at the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) strongly believes so. As the Acting Head of the Women and Children’s Affairs Department, Ms. Tsegaye’s mission is to advance gender equality within the electricity distribution company. Now, she…
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New global effort launched to accelerate ending energy poverty for the most marginalized
People-Centered Accelerator brings together over 40 organizations to work together to advance equality across sustainable energy sector BONN, November 14, 2017: Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and partners today launch the new People- Centered Accelerator – a voluntary partnership led initiative that aims to advance social inclusion, gender equality and women’s empowerment in…
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SEforALL launches ‘heat maps’
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…