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Cooking fuels which are mostly biomass based contribute to pollution loads in countries in addition to adding to the health risks suffered by women. Many women participate in the biofuel value chain as entrepreneurs and increasing their engagement in the value adding parts of the chain is a step to address their contribution to the fuel that they mostly use.
Shifting to cleaner sources of fuel like gas (and even clean coal) brings a more favorable emissions profile and takes care of the health risks but could also rob women of their livelihood if engaged in the charcoal selling business.
A gender sensitive strategy for energy needs to look at gender disaggregated data on source of energy and markets of energy to ensure the right policies are adopted when looking at sustainability concerns.
Cooking fuels which are
Submitted by Frannie Leautier on Sun, 20/11/2016 - 13:57 Permalink
Cooking fuels which are mostly biomass based contribute to pollution loads in countries in addition to adding to the health risks suffered by women. Many women participate in the biofuel value chain as entrepreneurs and increasing their engagement in the value adding parts of the chain is a step to address their contribution to the fuel that they mostly use.
Shifting to cleaner sources of fuel like gas (and even clean coal) brings a more favorable emissions profile and takes care of the health risks but could also rob women of their livelihood if engaged in the charcoal selling business.
A gender sensitive strategy for energy needs to look at gender disaggregated data on source of energy and markets of energy to ensure the right policies are adopted when looking at sustainability concerns.