On the first day of the 2015 Sustainable Energy for All Forum in New York City, ENERGIA and their partners convened a multi-stakeholder panel focused on Gender-Informed Business Models for Scaling Up Energy Access. The panel was moderated by Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA’s International Coordinator and Programme Manager and featured: Corinne Hart – Director, Gender & […]
Delegates at the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution to address the health impacts of air pollution – the world’s largest single environmental health risk. Every year 4.3 million deaths occur from exposure to indoor air pollution and 3.7 million deaths are attributable to outdoor air pollution. This was the first time the Health Assembly […]
A study that measured the use of improved cookstoves in India, Bangladesh and Nepal found that women spend the equivalent of more than two weeks each year collecting firewood in India. Households using cleaner, more efficient cookstoves saved significant amounts of time and used less fuel than those using traditional stoves. Women who saved time […]
At the 2015 SE4ALL Forum this week, ENERGIA’s International Coordinator, Sheila Oparaocha took to the stage to participate in an important discussion on Energy, Women & Children’s Health. The group of speakers – which represented the private sector, governments of concerned nations and other international NGO’s participating in relevant projects – discussed the issues facing women […]
The SE4ALL Forum in New York City this week has been full of inspiring and enlightening conversation. From motivating speeches to policy discussions, those gathered have been focused on developing methods for delivering more sustainable energy to a greater number of people around the world. Among those gathered who are already hard at work on […]
May 18, 2015, 2:50 – 4:05 pm ENERGIA and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves invite you to a panel discussion on the occasion of the second annual united nations sustainable energy for all forum on: DEVELOPING AND INVESTING IN GENDER-INFORMED BUSINESS MODELS FOR SCALING UP ENERGY ACCESS FEATURING REMARKS FROM: Sheila Oparaocha, ENERGIA Corinne […]
Access to energy at all levels, from household to productive use to institutions, is recognized as an essential input to development and is critical for health, gender equality, and overall wellbeing. At the same time, since women are engaged in large numbers in micro- and small enterprises, they benefit tremendously from modern, more efficient energy […]
Women’s knowledge and experience in relation to the use of appropriate energy technologies are not being taken into account and, as a result, their potential as agents of change in driving innovative climate change responses remains untapped. This was one of the issues discussed during a webinar organized on 6 May 2015 by the United […]
At the second annual UN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL FORUM (18-21 May), leaders from government, business and civil society will announce new commitments and drive action to end energy poverty and fight climate change. They will present ways to catalyze finance and investment at the scale required to meet the targets of the UN Sustainable […]
Date: 6 May 2015 08:30 – 10:30 EDT Organized by: Empower Women, UNIDO, UN Women and ENERGIA In achieving its unique mandate to accelerate inclusive and sustainable industrial development, UNIDO recognizes access to sustainable energy for productive uses as a key catalyst for inclusive and sustainable economic development. In particular, UNIDO focuses on the role of women as agents in […]
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