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Recent Articles of the Gender/Woman and Energy:

Issue #60 (April 2008) (p.2-9) (8-page 1MB pdf file)
Theme: Women - Energy - Climate

Editorial:
• Gender Editorial: More Women Needed for Decisions,
Break the “Glass Ceiling” on Sustainability

Seeking Global Influences:
• “Don’t nuke the climate“ Women Actions in Bali
• Women’s Role in the UN Climate Process: from Berlin to Bali and Beyond
• No Climate Justice without Gender Justice, Women activities in February, 2008 in Monaco

Local and Regional Efforts:
• Kyrgyzstan: Women’s Grass-Root Participation Brings Changes
• Bangladesh: 1000 Women Trained to Solar and Cookstoves
• Asia: CRT-Nepal Became Asia Coordinator for ENERGIA
• India: Follow-up of INFORSE Activities:
Manuals, Jatropha, Open Uni, Soft Loans, Financing
• India: Micro-hydro Units in the Himalayas

• Who is Who?

Issue #59 (December 2007) (p. 3, p. 8, p. 9)
Short news and picture from the Press Briefing of the Gender and Climate Change Network - Women for Climate Justice (GenderCC), Ulrike Roehr (representing INFORSE member organisation Life e.V.) acting as coordinator for the new Network GenderCC. (p. 3)
More details on women actions in issue #60.

See more on the UN event in Bali: UN CSD15, as well as the UNFCCC's side event list, where you can download the presentations of the side event organised by LIFE e.V. and GenderCC, Thursday, 6 December 2007 (10.30-12.30).

A Great "No-smoke" - Kitchen in Sri Lanka (p. 9)
By Zaren Myles, Women's Action For Development (WAFD), INFORSE member, India

Seminars & Manual to Sustainable Energy for Poverty Reduction (p. 8)
By Raymond Myles, INFORSE South Asia Coordinator INSEDA, India.
Training Manuals for Sustainable Energy Solutions to Reduce Poverty. Available in English, Bangladeshi, Hindi, Nepalese and Singhalese. The Manual is a result of a 3-year cooperation project among INFORSE organisations. Read more on the manual at: INFORSE-Asia

Issue #56 (April 2007) (p.3)
CSD 15: Challenge for Sustainable Energy
Side Events at IPM & CSD, February and April, 2007
Among the INFORSE organisations who made presentations: CRT, Nepal which is also ENERGIA Asia Coordinator; Grameen Shakti, which provides micro-credit to women in Bangladesh to install solar energy.
Read about this side event and about other INFORSE members' side events like ENERGIA at UN CSD 15 and IPM to CSD15.

Issue #55 (December 2006)
Regional Reports on Women and Energy (p.10)
ENERGIA's input to UN CSD-15. (ENERGIA is member of INFORSE)

Issue #54 (September 2006)
Collecting Information for a Study on Gender and Climate 2006-07 (p.11)
By Ulrike Roehr and Minu Hemmati, genanet / LIFE e.V., INFORSE member organisation

Issue #53 (June 2006)
UN CSD-14 Side-Event: Women - Nuclear Energy is Not the Solution (p.3)

Issue #51 (December 2005)
World & Gender (p. 9-10)
• Montreal Marked a "New Era" for Gender and Climate 51 kB file (2 pages)

Issue #50 (September 2005)
Gender Equality & EU Climate Policy (p. 11) 17 kB file (1 page)
• EU project Climate for Change: Gender Equality & Climate Policy
• Gender Equality Support Criteria in EU’s Energy & Climate Programs

Issue #48 (March 2005)
World/INFORSE (p. 3) 32 kB file (1 page)
• Is the Perception of Climate Change Gendered?

Issue #47 (December 2004) (p. 1-9, 14) 241 kB pdf file (10 pages)
Theme Front Page (p.1)
Editorial (p. 2):
What shall I say to my daughters ?
Theme: Women & Energy (p. 3-9)
• Gender Issues Missing in Climate Talks: Action Needs to be Taken (p. 3)
• Where is the Gender Perspective in the Rio Conventions? (p. 3)
• Gender is NOT Something to Ignore! (p. 4-5)
• Gender - the Forgotten Pillar of International Climate Policy (p. 6-7)
• Gender-Sensitive Framework for Rural Electrification Projects (p. 8)
• Portable CooKit to Save Millions of Lives (p. 9)
Asia / Women & Energy p.14
• Integrated Development with Biogas, also a Solution for Rural Women

Issue #45 (May 2004)
Europe (p. 6-11)
• Task for Men & Women Alike?
Asia (p. 12-13)
• Solar Dryers to Generate Income for Poor Women in India

Issue #40 (April 2003)
Asia (p. 8)
- Gender & Energy Network Coming in India

Issue #38 (October 2002)
Asia (p.10-11)
• Gender, Energy, & Water Network Established in Nepal

Issue #34 (August 2001)
Africa (p. 6-7)
• Active Women in India: Achievements and Plans

Issue #32 (February 2001) (p.1-2, p.4-10) 350 kB (9 pages)
Theme Front Page (p.1)
Editorial (p. 2):
• Let Women Have A Say, Too! It Would Matter!
Theme: Women & Energy (p. 4-10)
• Why Women and Energy?
Perspectives for CSD9, ENERGIA
• Women News:
- Active Network in Latin America
- New Network in Zimbabwe
- African Ministers Declare
- Post-Soviet Changes
• Mothers Respond to Chernobyl
• Micro Credit to 100 Million Poor Women
• Micro Credit in Bangladesh
• UNDP Analyses and Assists