Ghana : Women's Energy Enterprise - Developing a Model for Mainstreaming Gender into Modern Energy Service Delivery
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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This paper looks at the feasibility of
creating employment in the energy sector for women in rural
communities in Ghana. The report is based on a
stakeholders' analysis of the feasibility of embarking
on a micro-enterprise on multiple energy services for women
in rural fishing and farming communities. The objective of
the study is to test a business model for empowering women
through income generation in energy service delivery. It is
based on the background experience of a successful pilot
project, in Bangladesh. The model involves capacity-building
among rural women and micro-enterprise development for
modern energy service delivery to their communities and
surrounding ones. The focus of this study is to see if
transfer of skills for manufacturing and production of
energy service appliances can be accomplished without a high
level of education among rural women. Such skills are
considered as opportunities for initiating social
transformation. The stakeholders' analysis in five
selected communities was carried out to assess the
willingness and preparedness of women in these communities
to engage in other similar projects in Ghana. The findings
of the analysis have recommended that the Nyanyano region be
selected as the pilot electrified community. The findings
are presented in the report and are followed up with some
recommendations on how to proceed and what the next steps
should be.
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ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY, ADEQUATE EDUCATION, AIR POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, AMORPHOUS SILICON, APPROACH, BASIC EDUCATION, BATTERIES, BATTERY CHARGING, BIOMASS, CAPACITY BUILDING, CLEAN AIR, CLEAN COAL, CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGIES, COMMERCIAL SOLAR ENERGY INDUSTRY, COMPACT FLUORESCENT LAMPS, CULTURAL PRACTICES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT GOALS, DIESEL, DIESEL ENGINE, DISSEMINATION, DOMESTIC LIGHTING, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, EFFICIENT LAMPS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY BILLS, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPOWERING WOMEN, EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ENERGY PLANNERS, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SERVICE, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY USE, EQUIPMENT, FARMERS, FARMS, FISH, FLUORESCENT LAMPS, FUEL, GAS, GAS SECTOR, GASOLINE, GENDER, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER ROLES, GENERATION, GRID POWER, HOSPITAL, HUSBANDS, HYDROPOWER, INCOMES, INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, INDIVIDUAL WOMEN, JOB CREATION, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, KEROSENE, KEROSENE LAMPS, LANDFILL, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIVELIHOODS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOW INCOME, MARKETING, MEDICAL SERVICES, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN, NATIONAL POPULATIONS, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OIL, OIL IMPORTING, OIL IMPORTING COUNTRIES, OPINION LEADERS, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, PETROLEUM SECTOR, PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS, PILOT PROJECTS, POLITICAL PARTY, POOR WOMEN, POPULATION CENSUS, POPULATION SIZE, POVERTY REDUCTION, POWER, POWER GENERATION, POWER OUTAGES, POWER SECTOR, POWER SYSTEM, POWER TRADE, PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, PROGRESS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ENERGY, RURAL HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL WOMEN, SERVICE DELIVERY, SITUATION OF WOMEN, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SOLAR ELECTRIFICATION, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS, SOLAR LANTERNS, SOURCE OF ENERGY, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRANSFER OF SKILLS, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY BILLS, VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, WOMAN, YOUNG WOMEN