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Generating Opportunities: Case Studies on Energy and Women

Generating Opportunities: Case Studies on Energy and Women (2001)

Summary

This book of case studies was prepared as part of a UNDP project entitled "Energy and Women: Generating Opportunities for Development" which was initiated in February 1999 with support from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the UNDP's Sustainable Energy Global Programme. The publication looks at critical policy and programme design options to improve women's access to modern energy services based on the lessons learned in the eight case studies presented.

Executive Editor: Salome Misana
Editor: Gail V. Karlsson

Table of Contents (p. 3)

COVER PAGE

TITLE PAGE (p. 1-2)

FOREWORD (p. 4)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (p. 5)

INTRODUCTION (p. 6)
Sustainable Energy and Women
Gail V. Karlsson and Susan McDade

OVERVIEW (p. 16)
Lessons from the field
Salome Misana

BANGLADESH (p. 28)
Battery-operated lamps produced by rural women
Hasna J. Khan

GHANA (p. 36)
Energy for rural women's enterprises
Sabina Anokte Mensah

KENYA (p. 44)
Upesi rural stoves project
Beatrice Khamati Njenga

MALAWI (p. 52)
Ndirande Nkhuni biomass briquette programme
Malla Mabona

MALI (p. 60)
Multifunctional platform for village power
Nalini Burn and Laurent Coche

NEPAL (p. 70)
Rural micro-hydro development programme
Arzu Rana-Deuba

SOUTH AFRICA (p. 78)
Impact of women's energy group on national policy
Wendy Annecke

UGANDA (p. 86)
Photovoltaic project for rural electrification
May Christine Sengendo

BIOGRAPHIES (p. 92)

FURTHER READING (p. 94)