topics-n: Women’s entrepreneurship
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COVID-19 and Women’s Energy Entrepreneurship: A conversation with five women entrepreneurs about adapting to a crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new and unusual obstacles for industries around the world. The clean cooking and sustainable energy sectors are no exceptions. Women entrepreneurs are rising to the challenge, even as many are bearing additional responsibilities. To better understand these challenges, Sustainable Energy for All, the Clean Cooking Alliance, ENERGIA, and members of…
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How Assy Ba is coping with the severe impacts on her business
My business has been heavily affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, due to the restrictions placed on travels. The economic impact on my activity is severe. Once my savings are gone, I will not have any other sources of income to feed my family, let alone to repay my business loan. Assy is a…
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Kamala Bhattarai’s race against time
One morning, I went to my poultry farm to see the chickens and I was shocked seeing almost 700 chickens lying dead. I was speechless. I don’t know how I came back home. My daughter tried to talk to me but I was unconscious and could not respond to her. When I regained consciousness,…
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Jane Anyango Kola’s post-coronavirus hopes for her community
I believe that this crisis could be an opportunity to promote clean and modern energy services in rural areas. This would also help my business grow, while improving health and education in my community. Jane Anyango Kola lives in Homabay Town, on the shores of Lake Victoria in Western Kenya. She has been…
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How do grid and off-grid systems enhance or restrict gender equality?
The following article has been written by Dr. Magi Matinga. Dr. Matinga works on modern cleaner energy access, transitions, and gender mainstreaming, focusing on research, policy analysis, project and programme development. She was a member of the research team who studied factors that enhance and restrict women’s empowerment through electrification. The findings of this study…
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ENERGIA & partners analyze COVID-19 impact on gender and energy nexus
The coronavirus crisis is putting a tremendous strain on the global economy and public health systems, as well as on the energy supply and access systems that support them. It highlights and magnifies inequalities and the multiple forms of discrimination that women and girls face, including in the energy sector. The pandemic is moving beyond…
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Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not
ENERGIA presents a new publication “Supporting last-mile women energy entrepreneurs: What works and what does not”. The document looks at the lessons learned, unsuccessful and productive strategies over a four-year journey on the field with five leading partners working in developing women’s enterprises in the renewable energy sector in hard to reach areas. …
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Pig pens power a solution to climate change in Vietnam
When Trin Gim first started her biogas digester business, she raised many eyebrows. In the little district of Ung Hoa, located south of Viet Nam’s capital, Hanoi, villagers were not accustomed to seeing a woman take the reins of a business. But eight years later, Trin Gim has achieved not only financial success, but has…
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Research projects receive Best Paper Awards at Diana International Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Bangkok, August 2, 2018 — We proudly announce that two projects from our Research Programme have been awarded at the Diana International Entrepreneurship Research Conference, held in Bangkok, July 31 – August 2, 2018. Research Project 2 and Research Project 7 teams were awarded the Best Junior Paper Award and the Best Conceptual Paper Award respectively. Research Project 2 on…
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Reaching the last mile in the extremely energy poor Asia-Pacific
At least 620 million people in the Asia-Pacific region lack access to electricity, and in South East Asia alone, more than 275 million people still rely on biomass for cooking. Especially in rural areas women bear the brunt of this energy poverty, which compounds the many challenges they face on a daily basis. Women’s engagement…
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Interview with Soma Dutta: “Women can play a central role in expanding energy access at the last mile”
At the upcoming Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF), ENERGIA will play a more active role than ever before. More on this, and on some central issues that will be discussed at ACEF, in a conversation with Soma Dutta, the Program Coordinator of Women Economic Empowerment Program. Why and in what way is ENERGIA taking part…
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Tackling the ‘last mile’ energy access challenge through women’s economic empowerment
Access to energy is critical for women’s economic empowerment: not only can it free up time for other economic activities, but it also offers opportunities to engage into new roles and gain control over economic decisions. Energy 4 Impact’s Alessandra Moscadelli wrote a blogpost entry for Oxfam’s Women’s Economic Empowerment in Agriculture Knowledge Hub. …