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| FACTSHEET: Energy for Women, Energy for the MDGs |
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| Author: |
UNDP, 2006-05-03
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| Title: |
FACTSHEET: Energy for Women, Energy for the MDGs |
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UNDP BDP Environment and Energy Group, 2 pages
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| Type: |
Outreach
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| Country / Region: |
Global
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| Categories: |
Millennium Development Goals,
Energy Services
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| Themes/Issues: |
Development,
Gender
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| Date Posted: |
2006-05-15 |
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Women in traditional roles in developing countries are particularly affected by energy poverty. Consider:
• Of the 1.3 billion people who live in poverty, 70% are women
• Gender inequity and traditional labour divisions mean fewer opportunities for women
• Women are the primary collectors and managers of energy for their households
• Women use large quantities of energy in their daily subsistence and productive activities
Without Energy Services (mechanical equipment, electrical equipment or modern fuels) women suffer:
• Health problems (hauling heavy loads, working over smoky fires, giving birth without adequate health care)
• Lack of education (girls are kept from school to assist in fuel wood collection)
• Loss of entrepreneurial opportunities (absence of reliable lighting and mechanical power makes it difficult for women to pursue home based income generating activities)
“Throughout their entire life cycle,women’s daily existence and long-term aspirations are restricted by discriminatory attitudes, unjust social and economic structures, and a lack of resources in most countries that prevents their full and equal participation.” —Fourth World Conference on Women,1995, Beijing Platform for Action,paragraph 38
In many developing countries, access to energy affects women and men differently, due to social divisions of labor. Women spend more time fetching water, grinding food, and collecting wood.
H ow are Gender and Energy related to the MDGs?
MDG 1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger - Since more women than men are living in poverty, ensuring that women’s energy needs are met will reduce women’s burdens in providing food and water for their families, and improve their ability to earn income.
MDG 2 Achieve universal primary education - Girls are more likely than boys to be kept home from school because they are needed to help their mothers with the burdens of gathering fuel and water and performing domestic and agricultural chores, or because there is not enough money to send them.
MDG 3 Promote gender equality and empower women Better access to energy services frees women from extreme household drudgery, increases their educational and employment possibilities, and allows them to participate more fully in community and political affairs.
MDGs 4, 5 and 6 Reduce child and maternal mortality and combat infectious diseases - Cleaner cooking fuels and improved stoves reduce respiratory illnesses that affect women and children. Pumped water from clean sources, and/or energy for purifying water, reduces the spread of water-borne diseases associated with child mortality. Energy services allow health clinics to have lights, water pumps,medical refrigeration for drugs and vaccines, medical instruments, fans and sterilizers.
MDG 7 Ensure environmental sustainability - Women, especially in rural areas, affect the sustainability of land and natural resources in their traditional roles as managers of wood and biomass fuel supplies and related environmental resources.
The Expo "Energizing the Millennium Development Goals KNOWLEDGE EXPO" took place during the fourteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-14) held in New York in May 2006. This was one of twelve posters on display on a variety of energy and MDG success stories at the Expo. Focus is on MDGs 2 & 3.
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