Women play a critical role in the cookstove value chain because of their central responsibility for managing household energy. As primary users of household energy products such as cleaner cookstoves, women are well-positioned to catalyze the market as micro-entrepreneurs and sales agents through marketing, distribution and delivery of clean energy technologies and after-sales services. However, […]
Jan 27, 2017 – 9:00 am – 11:00 am EST Gender mainstreaming in the energy sector is taking place institutionally, through national policies and reforms, and through project development and implementation. It has been a central pillar of international commitments towards achieving universal access to modern and clean energy and is recognized as a cornerstone of the […]
The World Bank Group has issued a short assignment on Gender and Geothermal research. This work is being done in collaboration between ESMAP and the Government of Iceland. The objective of this assignment is to define gender aspects of geothermal development and develop actionable guidelines for incorporation of gender equality and social inclusion into geothermal […]
By Shukri Abdulkadir, ENERGIA Programme Officer “What do women want?” It was this age-old question that formed the central focus of the International Workshop on Gender and Energy, held on December 12, 2016 and the subsequent annual Gender and Energy Research Programme meeting. The international workshop presented a host of insights on energy and empowerment from […]
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