The African Renewable Energy Alliance (AREA) held its 3rd international conference in cooperation with ECREEE, on “Renewable Energy & Gender”, from the 27th of June to 1st of July 2011, at the NICON Hilton Hotel, in Abuja, Nigeria. The energy-gender nexus is considered as an important working field of ECREEE. Due to their local availability renewable energies play an important role for satisfying the household energy requirements.
The conference brought together policy makers, representatives from business and civil society, to facilitate a pan-african information exchange. The participants exchanged ideas on policies, technologies and financial mechanisms for the deployment of renewable energies in Africa, in consideration of the fact that gender is a main determinant that defines access, ways of utilization, opportunities and control over all energy resources. As renewable energy could be a tool for gender equality and women empowerment, gender perspectives are a critical component of policy making at all levels. The presentations of the conference can be downloaded below:
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Hon. Ms. Elizabeth Thabethe, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, South Africa |
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Christine K., Director Heinrich Böll Foundation, Nigeria |
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Prof. Abubakar Sani Sambo, Director General, Energy Commission of Nigeria |
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Mr. Mahama Kappiah, Director, ECOWAS Centre for Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency ECREEE, Cape Verde |
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Dr. Rose Mwebaza, Regional Expert on Gender and Climate Change Adaptation, UNDP/African Adaptation Programme, Uganda |
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Mr. Bernard Osawa, Director Renewable Energy, Energy Regulatory Commission, Kenya |
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Mr. Benon Mutambi, Acting CEO, Electricity Regulatory Authority, Uganda |
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Mr. Joseph Nganga, CEO, Renewable Energy Venture, Kenya |
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Ms. Folake Salawu, Senior Programme Officer, Friends of the Environment, Nigeria |
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Mr. Inigo Sabater Eizaguirre, Vice President, Government Relations, Vestas Mediterranean, Spain |
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Mr. Russel Borum, Morningstar Corporation, Sales Engineer, USA |
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Mr. Kwabena Otu-Danquah, Chief, Renewable Energy, Energy Commission of Ghana |
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Mr. Karim Megherbi, President, Helios-Energie France, Guadeloupe |
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Mr. Yahaya Ahmed, Director, Developmental Association for Renewable Energies, Nigeria |
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Mr. Hervé Azemtsa, Managing Director, S² Services SARL, Cameroon |
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Mr. Dipal Chandra Barua, Founder & Chairman, Bright Green Energy Foundation; Member World Future Council, Bangladesh |
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Ms. Gifty Baaba Asmah, Executive Director, Daasgift Foundation, Ghana |
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Dr. David Jacobs, Director Renewable Energy, IFOK GmbH, Germany |
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Ms. Emily McKie, Project Development Officer, DT Power GmbH, Germany |
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Mr. Abduljelil Yesehak, Senior Expert for Technology Transfer, Ministry of Capacity Building, Ethiopia |
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Ms. Zohra Abib, Director, EnR’afrique, Morocco |
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Dr. Jean Pascal Correa, ENDA Energie Environnement Développement, Senegal |
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Prof. Salah Arafa, School of Sciences and Engineering, American University in Cairo, Egypt |
Women and the Energy Revolution
The agenda and other documents of the workshop are available here. The report of the conference is attached below.
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 power kick for africa 2011-report | 208.3 KB |
