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Title: Income generation for women with renewable energy technologies

Conference ·
OSTI ID:379903
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  1. Solar Energy International, Carbondale, CO (United States)

70% of the world`s poor are women. The poverty that is especially hard hitting for rural women throughout the world has many causes. The lack of access to education, credit and new technologies make it almost impossible for women to earn an income. Yet, when women earn an income, it not only improves their lives, but also improves the lives of their children and their communities. Solar energy technologies, along with access to credit, can help rural women improve the quality of their lives through income generating enterprises. The technologies discussed are solar cooking, solar food drying, solar blenders, and photovoltaics.

OSTI ID:
379903
Report Number(s):
CONF-960430-; ISBN 0-89553-211-5; TRN: IM9644%%359
Resource Relation:
Conference: 25. American Solar Energy Society conference, Asheville, NC (United States), 13-18 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 21. national passive solar conference: Proceedings. Volume 21; Campbell-Howe, R.; Wilkins-Crowder, B. [eds.]; PB: 438 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English