By Melissa Ruggles* Ghana has made great progress towards equalising energy access this year with the launch of its Social and Gender Integration Plan (SGIP) in October. Ghana’s Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) will oversee implementation of the action plan, which aims to ensure greater energy equality by addressing social inequalities among men, women and vulnerable […]
By Melissa Ruggles and Shukri Abdulkadir, ENERGIA At the end of November ENERGIA and its research partners all gathered together thousand metres above sea level in Nepal for a workshop hosted by CRT-Nepal and the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) on Research Area 3 (RA3): The Political Economy of Energy Sector Dynamics on 27 November […]
DEVELOPING AFRICAN WOMEN TO CREATE OUR ENERGY FUTURE The 4th Women in Energy Conference, hosted as an official side event of the Africa Energy Indaba, will be taking place to aid the increase in leadership and development of women involved in the African energy sector. This one day forum has been designed as a platform for […]
Closing the Gap: bridging research and practice in energy access Wednesday 13 December 2017, 11.30am UK time Register! In September 2017, the Low Carbon Energy for Development Network (LCEDN) held its annual conference on the topic of “Equity and Energy Justice” at Durham University, UK. As a follow-up to this conference, we are holding two webinars […]
Could on-site childcare facilities boost performance at a national power utility by creating a better workplace for women? Meazagenet Tsegaye at the Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) strongly believes so. As the Acting Head of the Women and Children’s Affairs Department, Ms. Tsegaye’s mission is to advance gender equality within the electricity distribution company. Now, she […]
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