Archives: Documents
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Renewables 2016 Global Status Report
Read more at: http://www.ren21.net/status-of-renewables/global-status-report/
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“With Solar Sister, Forward We Go”: A Qualitative Assessment Exploring How Solar Sister Brings Light, Hope, and Opportunity to Women in Africa
Putting income and energy in women’s hands can have powerful economic and social impacts on women’s businesses, their families and their communities. Evidence shows that the income of self-employed, rural women who have access to energy is over twice that of their counterparts without access to energy. For rural women, access to energy is correlated…
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Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects
This technical brief is based on ‘Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Projects: A Practical Handbook’, which was prepared by ENERGIA, and which provides guidance and practical tools to assist energy projects in undertaking gender mainstreaming systematically. It draws on experiences from energy projects in Asia and Africa to “demystify” gender mainstreaming in the energy sector, both…
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Institutionalising Gender Mainstreaming Processes in Energy Organisations
This technical brief provides guidance to energy organisations interested in adopting such frameworks. It sets out processes and steps for an organisationto follow when incorporating gender concerns into its projects, procedures, work ethic and overall structure. This technical brief is based on ‘Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Projects: A Practical Handbook’, which was prepared by ENERGIA,…
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Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects: Resource Pack
The Resource Pack is an accompanying document for the Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects: A Practical Handbook, developed by ENERGIA. The Resource Pack on mainstreaming gender in energy projects provides practical tools and examples for energy projects that show how to undertake gender mainstreaming systematically. It contains various resources that can be used to mainstream…
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Mainstreaming Gender in Energy Projects: A Practical Handbook
This Handbook on mainstreaming gender in energy projects seeks to provide guidance, practical tools and examples for energy projects that show how to undertake gender mainstreaming systematically. TheHandbook is a product of an ENERGIA initiative on Gender in Energy Projects and is based on ENERGIA’s work on gender mainstreaming since the 1990s, including gender and…
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Experience in Gender Inclusion in the Implementation of the Batzchocolá Community Micro Hydroelectric Plant in Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala
“Experience in Gender Inclusion in the Implementation of the Batzchocolá Community Micro Hydroelectric Plant in Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala” highlights the results in terms of gender equality obtained by Semilla de Sol and the Hydroelectric Association for the Integral Development of Northern Quiche (ASHDINQUI), a non-profit social and community venture that began with the construction of…
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Creating Conditions for Gender Equity in Rural Electrification Projects: Experiences from the Nicaraguan Electrification Project (PELNICA)
“Creating Conditions for Gender Equity in Rural Energy Projects: Experience in the Nicaraguan Electrification Project, PELNICA” highlights the results for gender equality obtained through the PELNICA initiative, and shares some reflections on how this six-year process has been able to influence the design and implementation of other similar projects in Nicaragua, as well as expand…
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Creating Conditions for Gender Equity in Rural Energy Projects: Experience in Productive Uses of Renewable Energy in Guatemala
initiative. “Creating Conditions for Gender Equity in Rural Energy Projects: Experience in Productive Uses of Renewable Energy in Guatemala” has been undertaken by Fundación Solar (Solar Foundation), a private development organization established in Guatemala in 1993. This case study documents the ways in which an energy project, in this case for climate change mitigation, can…
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Healthy Stoves in Rural and Urban Homes and Family Businesses in Nicaragua: Asociación Fénix Programme for Improved Stoves
“Healthy stoves in rural homes and family businesses in Nicaragua” shows the results in terms of gender equality obtained by Asociación Fénix, a Nicaraguan non-governmental and non-profit organisation established in 2001 that works to promote renewable energy sources and responsible use of natural resources to reduce climate change. This study describes the process of a…
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Integrating Gender Considerations into Energy Operations
In the energy sector, the gender dimensions of access to services, access to benefits, and exposure to risks and benefits, are being increasingly recognized as important elements to be considered for effective policy making and project design. In practice, this translates into integrating a gender perspective throughout the operational cycle to improve gender equity in…
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Gender, Time Use, and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
The papers in this volume examine the links between gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. They contribute to a broader definition of poverty to include “time poverty,” and to a broader definition of work to include household work. The papers present a conceptual framework linking both market and household work, review some of…