All Gender
Women working to create a more inclusive renewable energy space in East Africa
The renewable energy sector, a growing and innovative industry, is improving career opportunities for women and youth. Reliable and clean power also empowers female entrepreneurs to start businesses, further promoting diversity within communities. On International Women’s Day we want to take a moment to celebrate some of these successes, focusing on East Africa and what these amazing women have achieved. The energy transition is more than a technological shift; it's a chance to enhance social and economic inclusivity. This year’s theme, Accelerate Action, stresses the importance of taking swift and decisive steps to achieve gender equality.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/women-working-create-more-inclusive-renewable-energy-space-east-africa
Female Micro-preneurs Fighting Poverty with Clean Energy
How can women in India and Nepal be empowered as micro-entrepreneurs to combat poverty, promote gender equality, and increase access to renewable energy?
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/female-microentrepreneurs-fighting-poverty-clean-energy
Grassroots Power: The Success and Promise of Local Renewable Energy Enterprises
Discover how locally-owned, women-led businesses are transforming renewable energy access in remote rural areas. Learn about the Inclusive Energy Opportunity initiative and its impact on off-grid energy solutions.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/grassroots-power-success-and-promise-of-local-renewable-energy-enterprises
Empowering Women with Distributed Renewable Energy
Power for All and IRENA are partnering to explore gender dynamics in the DRE sector, a field ripe for increasing women's participation, as seen in Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/articles/empowering-women-distributed-renewable-energy
Factsheet: Decentralized Renewable Energy can help to address gender gaps
The Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) sector is uniquely positioned to combat energy poverty and enable female empowerment by freeing up productive time, providing employment opportunities, and improving their overall well-being.
https://www.powerforall.org/resources/fact-sheets-research-summaries/factsheet-decentralized-renewable-energy-can-help-address-gender-gaps
Post-COP27 reflections with Olasimbo Sojinrin, COO at Solar Sister
In this last podcast for 2022, we reflect on the COP27 outcomes with Solar Sister Chief Operating Office Olasimbo Sojinrin.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/post-cop27-reflections-simbo-sojinrin-coo-solar-sister
Interview with Jennifer Anya, a Young Female Renewable Energy Advocate and Activist
In this podcast series commemorating International Youth Day, Jennifer Anya, a renewable energy operations manager at Husk Power Systems, speaks to Power for All’s Aashna Aggarwal on her journey and experiences as a young woman in the sector and the role of youth in championing the clean energy transition.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/interview-jennifer-anya-young-female-renewable-energy-advocate-and-activist
Inspiring Women Leaders in Renewable Energy: Dr Debra Rowe
Our guest in this special episode paying homage to women leaders in the sector is Dr Debra Rowe, the President of the U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development. Dr Rowe says her career has been dominated by fulfling the need to give people information so that they can move out of energy poverty, and also ensure that they can own their own energy or at the very least, access affordable energy.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/podcast-inspiring-women-leaders-renewable-energy-dr-debra-rowe
Podcast: Inspiring Women Leaders in Renewable Energy: Emily McAteer
In the special episode paying homage to women leaders in the sector, our guest is Emily McAteer, Co-founder and CEO at Odyssey Energy Solutions. She says investors are starting to fund women-led projects in the renewable energy sector. McAteer says this is a good sign that things are changing for the better for women in the male-dominated sector. However, efforts to address biases should be intensified.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/podcast-inspiring-women-leaders-renewable-energy-emily-mcateer
Inspiring Women Leaders in Renewable Energy: Lucia Wamala
In this special podcast celebrating inspiring women leaders in renewable energy, we feature Lucia Wamala, Founder and CEO of Bakulu Power. She shares on on her journey into the DRE sector and the importance of gender equity in energy access.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/inspiring-women-leaders-renewable-energy-lucia-wamala
Women in Power: Celebrating Inspiring Women Leaders in Clean Energy Access
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow.’ It recognizes the contribution of women and girls worldwide in addressing climate change for a sustainable future. To mark the day, Power for All pays tribute to some of the most accomplished women in the renewable energy sector as they share their passion and stories in a male-dominated field.
https://www.powerforall.org/insights/impact/women-power-celebrating-inspiring-women-leaders-clean-energy-access
Inspiring Women Leaders in Renewable Energy: Jennye Greene
In this special podcast celebrating inspiring women leaders in renewable energy, we feature Jennye Greene, an expert on energy access. She speaks on her journey into the DRE sector and the importance of gender equity in energy access. Jenny says as the renewable energy sector grows, there has to be deliberate efforts to ensure gender diversity. Conscious choices have to be made to make that happen!
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/inspiring-women-leaders-renewable-energy-jennye-greene
Shining the Light on Women!
Women have a key role to play in combating climate change and achieving universal energy access, both as energy entrepreneurs and end-users. Yet both groups tend to be overlooked in today’s market and face huge challenges. Here Camco Clean Energy’s Impact Manager Laura Lahti investigates the roots of these problems and shares her thoughts on what is needed to resolve them.
https://www.powerforall.org/insights/impact/shining-light-women
Empowering Women Through a Just Transition
This session will explore the importance of clean energy as a driver of social impact and a lever for empowering women. Clean energy is key to increasing energy access for rural communities in Africa - with direct benefits for people's lives, livelihoods, and learning. Clean energy also provides opportunities for women entrepreneurs - such as selling solar lamps and installing solar panels.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/events/empowering-women-through-just-transition
Interview with Shaily Jha: Improving Women’s Productivity and Incomes through Clean Energy
In this episode of the Power for All podcast, a forum for leaders working to end energy poverty, Power for All speaks with Shaily Jha of the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW). Shaily is CEEW’s energy access program lead, works in access to clean cooking with a focus on gender and social inclusion, leads the work on integrating a gender lens and empowering livelihoods, a USD 3 million initiative. The conversation is based on CEEW’s recent report -- Improving Women's Productivity and Incomes through Clean Energy in India.
https://www.powerforall.org/news-media/interviews/interview-shaily-jha-improving-womens-productivity-and-incomes-through-clean-energy