Energy for Empowerment: Women’s Access to Electricity in Rural West Africa | For people living in the small, rural communities of Nigeria and the Côte d'Ivoire, access to electricity is very limited. Having access to electricity... | By PEP - Partnership for Economic Policy | Facebook For people living in the small, rural communities of Nigeria and the Côte d'Ivoire, access to electricity is very limited. Having access to electricity...

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"Electricity access won't solve every problem but it is a vital strand in the broader development agenda, which includes expanding rural productivity, women's education and women's empowerment," says @temiladesesan
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"We are demonstrating that electricity is a very important tool for development and especially for women’s empowerment. When a women is empowered, she meets her needs and those of her family," says Dr Binaté
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"At the start of the pandemic, the government in Côte d'Ivoire helped households pay their electricity bills. But this was temporary. The government has a responsibility to provide electricity at an accessible cost," says Dr Binaté
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"Social safety nets are important to allow women to be able to invest their limited time and money into income-generating activities, including paying for electricity," says @temiladesesan

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"The main obstacle that we need to highlight is the cost of electricity.
Most of our women work in subsistence agriculture and cannot access the financing needed to connect to electricity," says Dr. Binaté in Côte d'Ivoire

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"Women’s access to electricity does not necessarily translate into income-generating activities. Solar lamps often mean that women can extend the time they spend on domestic tasks," says @temiladesesan

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"Electricity access can have a transformative effect for women as it removes some of the barriers to earning income" says Dr Binaté in Côté d'Ivoire
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"In Nigeria, there is still a disconnect between the rural electrification interventions and the agricultural activities that are predominantly women’s responsibilities," says @temiladesesan #EnergyforEmpowerment #WomensEconomicEmpowerment

Today we're talking about how to increase rural electrification in a way that works for women - watch live on our Facebook page! www.facebook.com/PEP-Partnership-for-Econ... #EnergyforEmpowerment #WomensEconomicEmpowerment #PEP #LocalResearch

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