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Mainstreaming Gender in the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

Mainstreaming Gender in the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves ENERGIA Practitioners and Policy Meet December 13, 2011 Corinne Hart Program Manager, Gender and Markets. The Situation Today.

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Mainstreaming Gender in the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

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  1. Mainstreaming Gender in the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves ENERGIA Practitioners and Policy Meet December 13, 2011 Corinne Hart Program Manager, Gender and Markets

  2. The Situation Today • 3 billion people still cook on traditional or open fire stoves fueled by biomass, and 2m die annually from smoke exposure • Women cook and are disproportionately affected • Personal security at risk when out collecting fuel • Health risks such as pneumonia, heart and lung disease, burns • Opportunity costs are high • High levels of drudgery – labor intensive and dangerous activities • Time saved and/or better quality time • Children could be in school • Environment is impacted and climate change exacerbated • Deforestation, soil erosion, food insecurity

  3. Old Issue, Renewed MomentumWhy Now? • Development of new stove technologies • Private sector interest in Base of Pyramid • Convergence of players and new approaches • Availability of innovative carbon and micro financing • Strong empirical evidence on health and environmental effects • Ownership and excitement at national country level

  4. The Alliance The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is an innovative public-private partnership to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient cookstoves and fuels. Save Lives Empower Women Improve Livelihoods Combat Climate Change Photo Credit: Sunil Lal Photo Credit: E+Co Photo Credit: GTZ Photo Credit: Nigel Bruce

  5. Vision Universal adoption of clean and efficient cooking solutions Key Milestone 100 million households adopt clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020

  6. The Alliance has over 240 Partners NGO Donors Donor Countries Private Sector Donors National Partners Denmark Finland Germany Ireland Malta Netherlands Norway Spain United Kingdom United States Bangladesh Burkina Faso Cambodia Colombia El Salvador Ethiopia Guatemala Kenya Lesotho Nigeria Rwanda Tanzania Peru Viet Nam Uganda

  7. The Need for an Alliance • Lack of comprehensive vision and strategy to address household cooking energy issues at scale • Limited awareness of the issue by high level policy makers, donors, private sector players • Inadequacy of funding in the sector particularly when compared to resources committed to comparable issues (e.g. lack of electricity, clean water, malaria, AIDS, TB.) • A wide range of complex barriers and inefficiencies that require a coordinated, cross-sectoral response • End Phase3 2018-20 • Key Message for Phase 3

  8. Igniting Change – A Strategy toward Universal Adoption of Clean Cookstoves Igniting Change: A Strategy for Universal Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels Report released! 350+ experts 11 Working Groups

  9. Sector Strategies for Success • Finance clean cookstoves • and fuels businesses at scale • • Access carbon finance • • Build an inclusive value chain • for clean cookstoves and fuels • • Gather better market intelligence • • Ensure access for vulnerable • populations • Understand and motivate • the user as customer • • Reach the last mile • • Finance the purchase of • clean cookstoves and fuels • • Develop better cookstove • technologies and a broader • menu of options • Promote international standards and rigorous testing protocols • • Champion the sector to build awareness • • Further document the evidence base (health, climate, and gender) • • Engage national and local stakeholders • • Develop credible monitoring and evaluation systems

  10. Alliance – Phased Approach and Value Proposition • Phase 1 2012-14 • Define and rapidly grow sector Catalyze Sector and Broker Partnerships EnableMarkets Champion the Issue MobilizeResources Promote International Standards Coordinate Sector Knowledge and Research • Phase 2 2015-17 • Clean Cookstoves a global priority • End Phase3 2018-20 • Key Message for Phase 3 • Phase 3 2018-20 • A sustainable market for clean cookstoves

  11. Country Level Engagement will be critical to sustainable success

  12. A robust data driven approach has been utilized to prioritize countries

  13. Mainstreaming Gender in the Alliance • Gender focal point • Gender Cross-Cutting Committee • Define and distribute gender-informed best practices for stove businesses • If appropriate, gender requirements in RFPs • Gender baseline assessments in focus countries • Gender action planning for Alliance and partners • Specific partner engagement strategies for organizations focused on gender and empowerment • Gender-informed M&E (sex disaggregated data, gender-sensitive methodologies, etc.)

  14. Mainstreaming Gender Throughout Alliance’s Phase 1 Priorities

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