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Integrating Household Energy into Rural Development Programme
Despite urbanisation, most people in developing countries still live in rural areas and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Agricultural production is the basis of rural economies, but other rural industries such as fish smoking, beer brewing, production of simple agricultural tools, and tea and coffee drying also provide essential livelihoods in…
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Women, Energy and Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is an equitable, empowering, environmentally sound, economically viable process of growth. Energy is the key indicator of sustainable development. About 74% of the population of India live in rural areas. 80% of their energy needs are derived from biomass. About 92% of this energy is consumed in cooking activity. Women play a major…
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The Role of Women in Sustainable Energy Development
This paper, originally prepared to address the concerns of renewable energy technical experts at the World Renewable Energy Congress, reviews the literature on women’s involvement in renewable energy and presents some examples of the results of including or excluding women in renewable energy development. It addresses four questions: Why do women need renewable energy? Are…
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Addressing the Impact of Household Energy and Indoor Air Pollution on the Health of the Poor: Implications for policy action and intervention measures
Use of biomass fuels and coal burning indoors leads to levels of indoor air pollution many times higher than international ambient air quality standards allow for, exposing poor women and children on a daily basis to a major public health hazard. This exposure increases the risk of important diseases, and is estimated to account for…
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Review of Interventions to Reduce the Exposure of Women and Young Children to Indoor Air Pollution in Developing Countries
The aim of this paper is to facilitate discussion about potential interventions for reducing human exposure to indoor air pollution in low-income countries (LIC) within a conceptual framework that may be applied to a wide variety of interventions. This main goal may be divided into the following sub goals: To establish a conceptual framework for…
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From the Kitchen to the Boardroom: reflections on power relations in gender and energy practice and policy
The author argues that, in order to succeed in identifying energy needs, it is not sufficient to accurately describe women’s roles but that the emphasis should be on the broader context of the social and power relationships involved in day-to-day activities. She compares and contrasts the domestic responsibilities of two women, one from a middle-class…
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Wood Energy, Women, and Health
This special edition of Wood Energy News on ‘Wood Energy, Women, and Health’ focuses on the health hazards related to the supply and use of biomass energy. It is mostly women who are at risk, and so gender aspects must be major considerations in addressing the problems involved in gathering,transporting, processing etc.