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Turning Information into Empowerment:
Strengthening Gender and Energy Networking in Africa
ENERGIA, March 2008
This publication is the result of two and a half years work within the TIE-ENERGIA project. This project's challenge was to strengthen the human and institutional capacities in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa to mainstream gender in projects, programmes and policies. View>>
ENERGIANet latest issue
The March 2008 issue of ENERGIANet is now available online. View >>
ENERGIA presentation on biofuels at WIREC side event
Washington International Renewable Energy Congress (WIREC 2008), 7 March 2008, Washington DC
The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) invited ENERGIA to present a paper on gender and biofuels at their side event 'North-South-South Forum on Biofuels, Climate and Sustainable Development' at WIREC. ENERGIA was represented by Gail Karlsson, who presented the paper 'Engaging Women in Small-scale Production of Biofuels for Rural Energy'. View >>
Call for proposals: kitchen management and efficient cooking habits study in South Africa
GTZ Probec are requesting proposals for a baseline study determining consumer behaviour with regard to kitchen management and efficient cooking habits in South Africa. Deadline: 10 April 2008. More >>
MDG3 Fund: Investing in Equality
Concrete action is called for to achieve equality between women and men. As a result Dutch NGOs, companies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have decided to put their back into the fund: MDG3 Fund:Investing in Equality to contribute to the realisation of Millennium Development Goal 3.
The total budget of the fund is € 50 million, available for multi-year proposals. There will be one call for proposals. Applications are to be submitted from 15 March 2008 up to and including 14 May 2008. More >>
Outcomes 52nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Held from 25 February- 7 March 2008, UN HQ, New York
Recommendations from CSW 52 will provide input into the preparations for the Follow-up International Conference on financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus to be held in Doha, Qatar, from 29 November to 2 December 2008. The Commission considered ‘Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women’ as its priority theme. The Commission also considered the emerging issue of climate change and how this can affect the trends and approaches to the situation of women and equality between women and men. View agreed conclusions and resolutions >>
Call for applications: International Women Environmental Entrepreneurs Fair
To be held in conjunction with IUCN World Conservation Congress,
5-14 October 2008, Barcelona, Spain
IUCN will use the platform offered by the World Conservation Congress to organise the Fair. The Fair aims to: facilitate and strengthen women's enterprises that prodice environmentally friendly products or services; and showcase women's business activities that go beyond regional borders and contribute to environmental conservation and the alleviation of poverty. Deadline for application: 30 April 2008. More >>
Special Interest Group on the Productive Use of Renewable Energy
A new HEDON Special Interest Group has been launched on Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PureSIG). A starting up discussion will be held within the next weeks on the role of energy in rural income generation. Join this or other HEDON special interest groups here.
Gender and Energy Material in French on RIAED Website
RIAED, the International Resource Centre on Sustainable Energy, is offering publications in French on various issues related to sustainable energy, including gender. To view their gender and energy resources, please click here.
Social Watch Gender Equity Index 2008
In order to contribute to the understanding of gender-based inequities and to monitor the status and its evolution, Social Watch has developed the Gender Equity Index (GEI). This index is based on internationally available comparable data and it makes it possible to position and classify countries according to a selection of indicators relevant to gender inequity in three different dimensions: education, participation in the economy and empowerment. View >>
Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2007
Statistics Department, African Development Bank, 2007
This is the eighth volume of Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries. New in this edition is the presentation of a special feature article on various gender, poverty and environmental issues of interest to Africa's development agenda. The publication also provides some information on the broad development trends relating to gender, poverty and environmental issues in the 53 African countries. View >>
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