We are pleased to share with you the release of the report on “Best Practices in Accelerating Access to Household Energy: A Collection of Evidence from wPOWER Partners” by the Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Renewables (wPOWER). This report documents evidence-based best practices in the acceleration of household clean energy access, and highlights the involvement of women across the clean energy value chain. It also contains case studies by 34… Read more >
Linkages between gender-based violence and environmental issues — SURVEY
Inequalities and discriminations based on gender, such as GBV, and environmental unsustainability are deeply interlinked, such that tackling one without addressing the other is unlikely to succeed. Although largely undocumented to date, GBV and environment links may feature in conservation initiatives as well as those focused on gender, economic empowerment, development, humanitarian aid, and rights issues across international organizations, NGOs (national and international), donors, academia, indigenous groups and other… Read more >
New research shows biogas as alternative solution to clean cooking
Creation of biodigester markets in Africa is feasible, according to a new analysis from the Stockholm Environment Institute in collaboration with Hivos. With support from the US National Institutes of Health and the Clean Cooking Implementation Science Network; the biogas programmes of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda were evaluated using the RE-AIM framework, an approach that assesses Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance. The results have been published as an open-access… Read more >
How Suku Maya Majhi is contributing to energy access for all by selling clean cookstoves
Suku Maya Majhi is a women entrepreneur in Sindhuli, Nepal. She joined the ENERGIA and Centre for Rural Technology Nepal Women’s Economic Empowerment project to learn how to build improved cookstoves (ICS) in the houses in her community. She had a critical role in scaling up clean cooking facilities and raising awareness on the effects of indoor air pollution. As entrepreneur, she is contributing to deliver energy access to all… Read more >
Last Mile Learning: Why Small Solutions are Making a Big Impact
While many in the energy sector are of the mindset that bigger is always better, Solar Sister knows from both experience and data that for people living in last mile communities, small clean energy solutions can have transformational impacts. Solar Sister’s approach focuses on “first light, last mile.” This means that we prioritize reaching customers who are underserved by the market and the current sector at large with solar solutions… Read more >
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