Opening Opportunities, Closing Gaps : Advancing Gender-Equal Benefits in Clean Cooking Operations
At the current rate of ambition, the world will fall short of achieving sustainable development goal 7 (SDG 7) by 2030. Slow progress toward access to clean cooking solutions has significant negative impacts on women (for example, harm to health fr...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099215003152218466/P1742320beb6090670933705085ff1c047b http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37560 |
| Summary: | At the current rate of ambition, the
world will fall short of achieving sustainable development
goal 7 (SDG 7) by 2030. Slow progress toward access to clean
cooking solutions has significant negative impacts on women
(for example, harm to health from disproportionate exposure
to household air pollution (HAP); safety hazards and risks
to well-being; and the opportunity costs of fuelwood
collection, fuel preparation, and inefficient cooking). To
accelerate the transition to clean cooking by 2030, the
World Bank’s energy sector management assistance program
(ESMAP) has established the United States (U.S.) 500 million
dollars clean cooking fund (CCF). The success of such
initiatives and future programs can be enhanced by gaining a
greater appreciation of the gender gaps in clean cooking and
heating operations and knowledge about how to bridge them.
This report introduces World Bank task teams and other
practitioners to the key arguments, opportunities, and
practical steps for integrating gender considerations into
clean cooking programs. Part one presents the supporting
arguments that recognize women as both beneficiaries and
agents of change. Part two stimulates task teams to think
more broadly about the possible opportunities for advancing
gender equality across the value chain, drawing on the rich
experience of the World Bank’s active lending portfolio, as
well as best-case practices from private-sector initiatives
and the literature on clean cooking and gender. Based on
lessons from these empirical findings, part three suggests
practical steps for tailoring projects to the distinct needs
of women and men and thus increasing the likelihood of: (i)
reducing gaps in asset ownership and human endowments, and
(ii) capitalizing on growth opportunities. |
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