Inefficient Energy Kills 600,000 African Women, Children Annually
Some 600,000 women and children reportedly die annually in Africa, due to use of inefficient energy sources. Dr Amani Abou-Zeid, the AU commissioner for infrastructure and energy said, "this is a wake-up call to governments and development partners, to take urgent action and end the mortalities. Empowering women along the energy value chains, could significantly enhance their income-generating opportunities, reducing their poverty and that of their households", she said.
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Africa:
Inefficient Energy Killing 600,000 Women, Children Annually
Nation, 17 November 2020
Some 600,000 women and children die annually in Africa due to use of inefficient energy sources. Read more »
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Ghana:
Energy Sector Employment Policies - Post COVID-19 Situation and the Position of African Women.
Ghanaian Times, 10 July 2020
It is an undeniable fact that the current Covid-19 pandemic has produced retrogressive effects on all spheres of economic endeavors. Like the celebrated American Judge Benjamin… Read more »
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Senegal:
Women's Participation in Energy Sector Equals Empowerment
IPS, 24 June 2020
Aïssata Ba, 45-year-old widow and mother of seven children, has been practising market gardening for the past 30 years in Lompoul Sur Mer village in the Niayes area of… Read more »
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East Africa:
Region's Energy Sector is Just Ripe for Women, Youth - Okudo
East African, 3 June 2020
Kenya country manager for SpringRock Group, Ogutu Okudo, spoke to James Kahongeh on how the region can better tap its renewable energy sources and how to get more young people and… Read more »
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