Focal area: Advocacy and Awareness raising
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COP26: More than 45 organizations join forces to ensure a just and gender-equal energy transition
In the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA), and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) co-hosted an event at the UNFCCC SDG7 Pavilion to catalyze action towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. Moderated by…
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ENERGIA and the Gender and Energy Compact Coalition at COP26
In the framework of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA), and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) will co-host two events at the COP26 on November, 9 to catalyze action towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.…
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GET.invest launches pilot of finance readiness support to unlock financing for local clean energy companies
Delivered by leading advisory firms, the new service will help to bridge the access-to-finance gap for local, earlier stage companies in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific. On the COP26 Energy Day, the European programme GET.invest – supported by the European Union, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Austria – is officially launching the pilot…
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ENERGIA supports the Clean Cooking Energy Compact
Within the frame of the United Nations’ High-Level Dialogue on Energy, the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) has launched a multi-stakeholder Energy Compact to “Unlock the SDGs and Net-Zero with Clean Cooking” (read the full Energy Compact here). Sheila Oparaocha’s speech at the Clean Cooking Energy Compact launch With the 2030 deadline for achieving universal energy access,…
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Clean Cooking Alliance Launches Energy Compact to Unlock the SDGs and Net-Zero
This article was originally published by Clean Cooking Alliance. Providing clean energy to households is critical to achieving global climate and sustainable development goals. Yet, with fewer than ten years until we reach 2030, the world remains far off track to meet SDG7. Within the frame of the United Nations’ High-Level Dialogue on Energy, the Clean…
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AEEP Forum 2021: Aligning Energies for a Green and Prosperous Africa
Date: October 20, 2021 Time: 9.30 – 13.30 CET Location: virtual Register: This event requires registration, please register here. Making SDG7 a reality requires concerted efforts across the broadest possible range of stakeholders. To align on Africa’s and Europe’s shared priorities in achieving this goal, the Africa-EU Energy Partnership (AEEP) is holding its Forum Aligning Energies for a Green…
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Closing the gender and energy gap: Interview with Magi Matinga
Magi Matinga, Technical Advisor at ENERGIA, explains how ENERGIA has contributed to the inclusion of a gender perspective in policies, projects and programs at national and international level by: Providing research evidence and sex-disaggregated data for use by policy- and decision makers on women’s and men’s energy needs and consumption patterns. Advocating for women’s recognition…
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The gender and energy nexus: Interview with Magi Matinga
What do we mean by gender and how does this relate to energy? What do we mean by gender perspective? Magi Matinga, Techincal Advisor at ENERGIA, guides us through these aspects, highlighting how women and men have different energy needs and how taking or not into account this diversity could influence their life, perpetuate gender…
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Advocating for gender inclusion in the energy sector: Interview with Sheila Oparaocha
Advocacy is an approach aimed at changing aspects of the current situation by addressing people with influence on the situation. ENERGIA has always worked with partners to influence energy policy, practice, projects and programs to integrate gender approaches and build a more gender-sensitive and gender-responsive energy sector. Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA’s International Coordinator and Program Manager, explains…
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Event: PreCOP26 – ENERGIA participates in a side-event dedicated to youth
Date: October 1, 2021 Time: 14.30 – 16.00 CET Location: virtual Register: This event requires registration, please register here. In the framework of the pre- Summit All4Climate Italy 2021 and Youth4Climate, promoted by Italian Government as preparatory meetings to the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), RES4Africa Foundation in collaboration with AVSI is…
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Ample coalition launches Gender and Energy Compact
Today, a coalition, initiated by ENERGIA, Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and supported by the Governments of Iceland, Ecuador, Nepal, Kenya and Sweden launched a Gender and Energy Compact to catalyze action towards gender equality and women’s empowerment to accelerate a just, inclusive and…
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Join the Gender Energy Compact Coalition!
On September 8, 2021 the Governments of Iceland and Kenya together with ENERGIA, GWNET and UNIDO and their partners ACCESS, Clean Cooking Alliance, Practical Action East Africa, Power for ALL, Shine, SEWA, UN Women and UN ESCWA discussed the Gender Energy Compact during a Deep Dive workshop. The Compact aims at catalyzing action towards gender…