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ENERGIA News 4, October 1997 – The role of women in rural energy programmes: Issues, problems and opportunities
In the rural areas of India and other third world countries, women have traditionally shouldered the responsibility of managing the domestic energy requirements for their families. As the predominant sources of fuel are derived from biomass resources, women have a very intrinsic and symbiotic relationship with their surrounding natural resource system. However, due to a […]
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ENERGIA News 1, December 1996 – Energy for Women and Women for Energy: A proposal for women’s energy entrepreneurship
It is well known that women usually bear the burden of providing biomass fuels for daily domestic use. Less well known is the extent to which human energy is an essential element in the household economy. The results of a case study of a typical village in Karnataka, India, can be used to demonstrate this. […]
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Gender and energy planning
This paper highlights a number of different positions that can be taken regarding the reason for and purpose of a gender approach in energy planning. The two extreme positions ‘gender for efficiency’ and ‘gender for equity’ are described. Most energy planners are found somewhere in between these extremes. Next the question of how the gender […]
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ENERGIA News 1, December 1996 – From Rio to Beijing: Engendering the energy debate
New perspectives in the energy sector adopted at the Rio Conference, and new approaches to gender issues discussed at the Beijing Conference, are especially congenial to the adoption of a gender approach in energy policy and planning at this time. This article suggests that mutual concerns in energy fora and gender circles, jointly addressed, could […]
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