ENERGIA NEWS vol. 3 nr 4 • 2000
Women in Kenya using a “Better Bonfire Kiln”. The women, who were involved in the testing phase, now use the kiln
for commercial purposes (Photo: Courtesy of Time Jones, ITDG)
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ENERGIA News
Guest Editorial
Barbara Farhar
Barbara Farhar was the key-note
speaker at the Gender & Energy
workshop and has written this
editorial based on preparatory
work by Rona Wilkinson of
Intermediate Technology
Consultants and Alison Doig of
the Intermediate Technology
Development Group, the guest
editors of this issue of ENERGIA
News. Much of the contents of
this editorial is based on
presentations made at a special
side session on gender and energy
at the World Renewable Energy
Congress held in Brighton in July
2000.
WOMEN AND
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
News from the Editors
Women and Energy at the World
Renewable Energy Congress–VI:
Progress and Dialogue
Contents
News from the
Editors
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Networking Around
the World
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International
Programmes: Focus on
….World Renewable
Energy Congress:
Energy and Gender
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Letters to ENERGIA 4
Meeting ENERGIA
members…
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Lalita Balakrishnan
The Role of Women in
Rural Energy Supply in
Zimbabwe: the Experience
of ITDG-Southern Africa 6
Tinashe Nhete
An Integrated Approach to
the Implementation of
Renewable Energy
Technology in Remote
Areas: Community-Based
Development in Nepal 8
C. McMenemy,
M. Williamson and F. Vitez
The Second Regional
Meeting of the Central
American Network on
Gender and Sustainable
Energy - GENES
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Gender and Household
Energy Technology in
East Africa
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Lydia Muchiri
and Stephen Gitonga
Internet Resources 13
Resources: Focus on
Training
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Bulletin Board
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VOLUME 3 ® ISSUE 4 ® DECEMBER 2000
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