country: Africa
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Making a difference by producing charcoal briquettes
The SE4ALL Forum in New York City this week has been full of inspiring and enlightening conversation. From motivating speeches to policy discussions, those gathered have been focused on developing methods for delivering more sustainable energy to a greater number of people around the world. Among those gathered who are already hard at work on…
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Watch Josephine Ngumba – Energy Entrepreneur from Kenya by Practical Action
Josephine Ngumba an energy entrepreneur from Kenya working with Practical Action speaks with Energia from the 2015 SE4All Forum in New York City where she is participating in a number of panels. Learn more about Practical Action by visiting www.practicalaction.org.
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Senegalese Women Makes Inroads In Energy Markets
An increasing number of businesswomen are joining their male counterparts in developing new energy markets in rural Senegal and providing much needed energy products and services to remote communities. In a bid to support women’s entrepreneurial spirit and encourage their economic empowerment, GVEP and SEM Fund are working with women in Tambacounda and Kédougou to…
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Integração da Abordagem de Género no Sector de Energia. Manual Sobre Género e Energia
Portuguese Translation – Mozambique
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Gender Mainstreaming in the Botswana Power Corporation
Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects Knowledge Products In 2007 ENERGIA started with its strategy to mainstream gender in energy projects. We worked with seven energy projects on gender mainstreaming. The projects varied from rural electrification programs to biogas to cook stove projects. Some were household energy projects, others also had a strong focus on energy…
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Gender Mainstreaming in the UAIMES-PR Programme, Tanzania
Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects Knowledge Products In 2007 ENERGIA started with its strategy to mainstream gender in energy projects. We worked with seven energy projects on gender mainstreaming. The projects varied from rural electrification programs to biogas to cook stove projects. Some were household energy projects, others also had a strong focus on energy…
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Integration du Genre dans le PERACOD, Senegal [in French]
Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects Knowledge Products In 2007 ENERGIA started with its strategy to mainstream gender in energy projects. We worked with seven energy projects on gender mainstreaming. The projects varied from rural electrification programs to biogas to cook stove projects. Some were household energy projects, others also had a strong focus on energy…
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ENERGIA Handbook for Gender Audit of Draft National Energy Policy for Lesotho
This handbook is intended as working guide on “how to” conduct the gender audit for the Lesotho draft National Energy Policy. Its intended users and authors are the national gender audit team and the ENERGIA technical advisor. The handbook provides a process, methods and tools that identifies and analyzes factors that hinder efforts to mainstream…
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A Guide on Gender Mainstreaming in the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme (ABPP)
This Gender Mainstreaming (GM) Guide has been developed by ENERGIA, the International network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, as preparation for the Workshop on Gender Mainstreaming in ABPP, to be held in Nairobi on 18-19th May, 2010.The draft was discussed at the workshop, and additional inputs incorporated in the final version. The Gender Mainstreaming Guide…
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Biofuels for Sustainable Rural Development and Empowerment of Women
This book of case studies represents a collaborative effort to explore the potential of biofuels to provide sustainable livelihoods and local sources of energy for people in rural areas of developing countries, with a special emphasis on women. Although there are many forms of bio-energy that can be useful in this regard, our focus in…
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Gender, Climate Change and Human Security – Lessons from Bangladesh, Ghana and Senegal
This study presents a gendered analysis of how climate change impacts on human security. It also assesses whether adequate scope exists for women to participate in improved human security in a scenario of changing climate. Based on this analysis, recommendations are givenfor enhancing the integration of a gender perspective in climate change and human security…
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One Man One Megawatt, One Woman One Candle: Women, Gender, and Energy in South Africa