Gender and Energy Networks

• ENERGIA Africa - The Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy in Africa
• Pacific Energy and Gender Network (PEG)
• Gender and Climate Change Network
• Gender, Energy and Water Network (GEW Net) in Nepal
• African Regional Network on Women and Sustainable Energy
• Southern African Gender and Energy Network (SAGEN)
• Mesoamerica Gender in Sustainable Energy Network (GENES)
• The poverty, energy & gender site of the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN)

Africa - Regional and National Non-Governmental Initiatives

• Energy and Development Research Centre (EDRC)
• ENDA-Tiers Monde

Asia - Regional and National Non-Governmental Initiatives

• The Asia Regional Cookstove Program (ARECOP)
• Centre for Rural Technology, Nepal (CRT/N)
• Grameen Shakti
• International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
• Rural Energy Development Programme (REDP)

Latin America - Regional and National Non-Governmental Initiatives

• Santa Fe Women's Group Biogas Project
• Central America Regional Electricity Project (PREEICA)

International Non-Governmental Initiatives

• Winrock International Renewable Energy Programme
• Technology and Development Group (TDG), University of Twente
• Intermediate Technology Consultants Ltd (ITC)
• Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Bilateral and Other Programmes

• Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
• Directorate General for International Cooperation (DGIS), the Netherlands
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
• UK Department for International Development (DFID)
• GTZ-Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation in Southern Africa (ProBEC)
• GTZ-Household Energy Programme (HEP)
• Shell Foundation Sustainable Energy Programme (SEP)

Gender Websites

• WAVE - Women As the Voice for the Environment
• UNIFEM
• BRIDGE - Development & Gender
• Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT)
• Focal Point Gender Justice and Sustainability (genanet)

Other Related Organisations/Programmes

• Enabling Access to Sustainable Energy (EASE)
• The Household Energy Network (HEDON)
• SPARKNET, an interdisciplinary interactive Knowledge Network focusing on energy for low-income households in Southern and East Africa.
• African Energy Policy Research Network/Foundation for Woodstoves Dissemination (AFREPREN/FWD)
• Solar Household Energy, Inc. has included some gender and energy material in the documentation page of its website.

Related Resources

• Commonwealth Foundation - The Foundation's responsive grants enable people from the Commonwealth to participate in short training courses, workshops, seminars, conferences and study visits in other Commonwealth countries.
• IMAGES, the IDRC Photo Library.
• Boiling Point - ITDG's household energy journal. To view the journal's archive, go to the bottom right on ITDG's homepage.
• Funding profiles for energy initiatives. These profiles have been compiled by the Household Energy Network (HEDON).
• WHO Indoor Air Pollution website
• The World Bank/ASTAE Energy, Poverty and Gender (EnPoGen) Project is presenting its results on their website.
• The Breathe Easy Network's publication library contains a number of publications on gender and health/indoor air pollution.
• ESMAP Semi Annual Status Report, as of December 31, 2002. The report includes project descriptions, implementation progress of ESMAP activities, including gender and energy and other related fields.
• Special issue on gender and energy of Energy for Sustainable Development, the Journal of the International Energy Initiative.
• Stakeholder Toolkit for Women Website aims to help women's groups to use international agreements in their advocacy work and in concrete projects, to monitor progress in implementation, and to make these agreements become reality.
• Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) Digital Resource Centre
• Energy for Sustainable Development Library This online library contains 350 publications on energy and sustainable development.