Date: September, 8 2021 Time: 08.00 – 09.30 EST | 14:00 – 15:30 CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: This event requires registration, please register here (CLOSED). Women have a critical role to play in achieving SDG7, but barriers such as access to sustainable energy, education, finance, career advancement and insufficient involvement in decision making processes […]
Date: September, 9 2021 Time: 10 AM ICT Location: Virtual event. Register: This event requires registration, please register here. We are seeing that the climate crisis is on the rise around the world. Floods, droughts, wildfires, and typhoons are affecting more and more people and impacting the most vulnerable – those who have done the […]
Date: September, 2 2021 Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CEST Location: Virtual event. Register: This event requires registration, please register here. “How can the African-European cooperation in climate change and sustainable energy be strengthened and where are the chances, constraints and needs?” The R&I partnership ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Energy’ of the AU-EU High-Level Policy […]
In the wider West African region, Ghana is often seen as an energy success story with over 80% of the population having access to grid electricity. Yet, 50% of rural areas live without this access while ‘dumsor’ (load shedding) poses an ongoing challenge for those connected. In terms of gender equity, national energy policy recognises […]
The connection between equity in energy access and developmental aspects like poverty reduction, health and wellbeing is today well understood. Responding to this, energy access policies and programmes in India have tried to address gender equity within energy access, but much of this effort has failed to create a transformational impact. Until 2018, 680 million […]
Understanding the gender dimensions of energy access is essential. Women play important roles in energy system development and their empowerment is crucial in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Indeed, many household tasks (e.g., cooking, water collection, and other domestic chores) are mostly performed by women. Equitable access to energy can reduce the burden […]
by Silvia Sartori, Women’s Economic Empowerment Program Manager, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy | This article was originally published on The Guide – Season 3 | 2021 by Enlit The just energy transition represents two core sustainable development goals as formulated by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: […]
UN Member States, NGOs, civil society, youth organizations and practitioners gathered last week for the Ministerial-level Thematic Forums, to discuss actions to promote and advance the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal 7 and the Paris Agreement on climate change. The event offered an opportunity to outline challenges and encourage dialogue by bringing to the […]
by Sheila Oparaocha and Hans Olav Ibrekk. This article was originally published on Power for All. With less than a decade left to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we have made significant progress toward SDG7 on affordable and clean energy for all. Globally, the population having access rose from 83 percent in […]
ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy and Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), are pleased to invite you to the side event “Transforming lives through energy inclusion: Experiences from grass-root women entrepreneurs” Virtual event: June 22, 2021 | 06:00 – 07:00 EST / 12:00 – 13:00 CEST / 15:30 – 16:30 IST To join, click […]
The Kenya Ministry of Energy and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency in partnership with ENERGIA, UNIDO, UN Women, CCA and GWNET, are pleased to invite you to the side event “Advancing Energy (SDG 7) and Gender Equality (SDG 5)” Virtual event: June 24, 2021 | 11:30 – 12:45 EST / 17:30 – 18:45 CEST […]
Ministries, local and national governments, private sector, civil society, youth organizations and other stakeholders will gather virtually over five days (21-25 June 2021) determined to discuss the roadmap towards achieving universal energy access by 2030 in preparation for the September UN High-level Dialogue on Energy. The Ministerial-level Thematic Forums will focus on five themes: energy […]
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