The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) launched a new Beyond the Grid Fund (BGFZ)  for Africa at the beginning of 2019 in order to replicate the BGFZ approach in Burkina Faso, Liberia and Mozambique.

The ECOWGEN project aims to promote the participation of women in the energy sector (renewable energy, energy efficiency). It is funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB) via the New Partnership for Africa’s Development Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility Special Fund (NEPAD-IPPF Special Fund).

The Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) together with the Clean Energy Solutions Center recently launched a new series of webinars  on Gender Equality for a More Rapid and Inclusive Energy Transition.

The lack of gender equality forces women to bear the consequences and negative impacts of global warming in a greater extent.

The Renewable Transformation Challenge 2019, which was created by Elsevier and launched in 2017, honors outstanding work that actively supports the transformation to a renewable energy driven world as well as products that have the potential to scale-up access to energy especially in developing countries.

The REN21 Renewables 2019 Global Status Report, which was recently published on 18th June 2019, provides an overview of the latest developments on the renewable energy transition through the end of 2018.

In cooperation with nine research teams, ENERGIA released a new research program called Gender and Energy Research Program, which aims to generate and analyze empirical evidence and the related benefits that a gender approach has for energy access.

The Global Forum on Sustainable Energy (GFSE) is organizing an Expert Workshop on “Sustainable Cities in Developing Countries”. This workshop will take place in the afternoon of 29th May 2019, from 14:00 – 16:30 (K°LP!NGHAUS WIEN-ZENTRAL, Gumpendorfer Straße 39, 1060 Vienna, Austria). 

The International Renewable Energy Agency has released a report titled, ‘Renewable Capacity Statistics 2019,’ on 2 April 2019.

The Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) is an international non-profit organisation, which aims at advancing the global energy transition by connecting and empowering women working in sustainable energy in both developed and emerging/developing countries.