Focal area: Women’s entrepreneurship
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From Survival to Revival: Soldering on after the pandemic
Dorcas Mutashi, 26 years old is an entrepreneur selling solar products, improved cookstoves and pellets. Her business is located at Kewa village, Lugari sub-county, Kakamega County. Before joining the clean energy business, Dorcas used to work as a casual labourer with Kenya Highways Authority (KENHA) as a cleaner. Due to substandard payment, Dorcas quit her…
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Event: El-Hiwar Euro-Arab Policy Dialogue On Challenges And Opportunities For Women Economic Empowerment In Times Of Climate Change
Date: 24 March 2022 Location: Online Short report with the main take-aways of this event: here. Both the Arab region and Europe are committed to increase gender empowerment, to create quality jobs and professional opportunities and to successfully transit towards greener economies. These are endeavours that would benefit from greater cooperation within and among…
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How COVID-19 recovery stimulus saved livelihoods during the pandemic
When the pandemic plunged economies around the world into turmoil in spring 2020, small and micro businesses in sub-Saharan Africa were hit hard. On the one hand, such businesses were hamstrung as lockdowns and movement restrictions blocked their access to markets to sell their goods and services, whilst they also contended with interruptions to supply…
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Opportunity: Launch of the 2022-23 Women in Energy Storage (WES) Mentoring Program
ESMAP and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) are launching the second edition of the Women in Energy Storage (WES) Mentoring Program. The WES Mentoring Program aims to accelerate the careers of women in junior/middle management positions in the energy storage field and promote best practices within the energy storage sector. The…
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Opportunity: Empowering Central Asian Women in Renewable Energy
To empower women as agents of change in the energy transition, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is launching a mentoring program for women professionals working in energy in Central Asia. The program is part of the OSCE ExB Project on Promoting women’s economic empowerment in the energy sector for energy security…
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Opportunity: E-learning Course on Gender Equality, Human Rights-based Approach on Climate Action, and Renewable Energy
UNEP and UN Women, together with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), developed a free self-paced online course to provide government officials, policymakers, and financial institutions with the knowledge and skills needed to apply gender equality and human rights-based approaches in their climate-related work. Course: Gender Equality and Human Rights in Climate Action and…
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Three women talk about their new lives as Solar Sister Entrepreneurs.
Anthonia Agwunobi, a mother of 5, is a primary school teacher in Anambra State in southeastern Nigeria. Before becoming a Solar Sister Entrepreneur, Anthonia relied exclusively on her meager earnings as a teacher to support her family. Built on the trust and popularity as a well-respected teacher, Anthonia developed her business quickly in the early…
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Awa’s business expansion held back by Covid-19
Awa Sène was overjoyed when she took delivery of her second solar freezer in April 2021, a decision she had reached after discussing expansion plans with Energy 4 Impact Business Mentor, Dominique Thiaw. She immediately set out to widen her customer base to the surrounding villages. After a difficult period in which her business had…
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Susanna Simon – Bringing light to the dark night
In a Maasai village in northern Tanzania, when the sky turns from deep marine blue at dusk to black night, the stars sparkle like jewels in the sky. Despite the big open sky, Solar Sister Entrepreneur Susanna Simon’s community is dark with only a few pinpricks of light coming from kerosene lamps. Most of the…
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New steps towards greater efficiency and autonomy
Once she had finally paid off her solar water pump last June, thanks to the grant received through ENERGIA’s Covid19 Solidarity Fund, and with enough capital for seedlings, feritiliser and labour Aïssata Ba took some time at the end of the summer to prepare her land for a new agricultural cycle. She had already bought…
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Internships at ENERGIA
Region: Worldwide Office: Hivos Hub Global Office, The Hague (or remote from any other place in the world) Application deadline: January 15, 2022 We are currently seeking to appoint highly motivated individuals enrolled in a master’s, postmasters, or doctorate program with experience working on energy and/or economic issues. Are you interested in social development, equity…
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New Energy Ecosystem Can Aggravate Existing Inequalities If Gender Gap Is Not Addressed
This interview was originally published on the Heinrich Böll Foundation website. Authored by by Daniel Abunales and Lea Goelnitz Why is it important to integrate gender equality in the energy transition debate? Silvia Sartori: Women and men have different energy needs and use energy differently. Globally, women have less access to and control over…