Focal area: Research
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ENERGIA News: Gender and Energy Research
This new issue of ENERGIA News is dedicated to ENERGIA’s Gender and Energy Research Programme. Our gender and energy research programme runs from February 2014 to February 2019 with financial support from the UK Department for International Development (DFID). It aims to generate and analyse empirical evidence on the links between gender, energy and poverty, and to translate this evidence…
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Gender + Research Area 5
5. The role of the private sector in scaling up energy access Lead partner: Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU), South Africa branch of Environment for Development, Sweden Professor Martine Visser is in charge at EPRU for this research area. Consortium: Nuru East Africa Ltd (Nuru) Nuru Energy is an award-winning, for-profit social enterprise providing off-grid energy…
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Gender + Research Area 4
4. Energy sector reform Lead Partner: Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), Switzerland Laura Merrill is in charge at the Global Subsidies Initiative of IISD for this research area. Consortium: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDs), Bangladesh BIDS is an autonomous public multi-disciplinary organization which conducts policy oriented research on development…
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Gender + Research Area 3
3. The political economy of energy sector dynamics Lead Partner: M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, India Dr. Govind Kelkar is in charge at the M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation for this research area. Consortium: Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N) is a professional non-governmental organization engaged in developing and promoting appropriate rural technologies effective in meeting…
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Gender + Research Area 2
2. Productive uses of energy; looking at the benefits of energy access for income generation Lead Partner: University of Twente – Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM), The Netherlands Professor Hans Th.A. Bressers is in charge at the Department of Governance and Technology for Sustainability (CSTM) for this research area. Consortium: University of Cape Town,…
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Gender + Research Area 1
1. Electrification through grid and decentralised systems, with a focus on impacts Lead Partner: University of Oslo (UiO), Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM), Norway Tanja Winther is in charge at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) on this research area. Consortium: TERI, India A non-profit, scientific and policy research organization,…
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Gender + Energy research programme
In 2014, the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy established a large research programme to generate and analyse empirical evidence on the links between gender, energy and poverty, and to translate this evidence into recommendations for policy and practice. Five individual four-year research projects will start in January 2015. The research programme is…
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ENERGIA and DFID join forces to further knowledge on impacts of energy access for women and girls
The International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, ENERGIA, and the UK Department for International Development, DFID, signed an agreement to advance knowledge and awareness regarding the impact of energy access—or the lack thereof—on women and girls. The agreement encompasses research, evidence gathering and dissemination, and raising public awareness on the importance of energy access for…
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Gender Briefing Notes: Supporting active inclusion of women in energy and development projects
This brochure has been developed to assist EUEI PDF partners, consultants and energy practitioners to ensure equal benefits for men and women in development projects in the energy sector, as well as to ensure a gender sensitive approach in ongoing and future interventions. The Briefing Notes will provide the reader with gender dimensions of the…
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Energy Options for Livelihood Needs of the Poor and Women in an Era of High Fossil Fuel Prices
The paper includes three sections. The first section provides information on the context of high and volatile fuel prices and some economic impacts with the objective of establishing a common understanding and relevance of this context. It also reviews some of the government policy responses. The second section provides information on the poverty impact of…
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Energy Options for Cooking and Other Domestic Energy Needs of the Poor and Women in the Era of High Fossil Fuel Prices
In the present era of volatile and uncertain fossil fuel prices, which may be prolonged, the prospects for poor households to find alternatives to traditional fuels for cooking are dimmer than ever. Furthermore, the assumption that reducing poverty will facilitate the transition to modern fuels for cooking and other domestic needs is challengeable as, in…