{"id":6299,"date":"2019-11-01T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T06:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6299"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:39","slug":"is-clean-energy-shutting-out-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/01\/is-clean-energy-shutting-out-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Clean Energy Shutting Out Women?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Daily\nNation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Families\nare seizing the power of clean, sustainable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solar\nproducts such as lights and phone chargers mean that even those with little\nmoney can enjoy the benefits of electricity \u2014 from internet access to greater\nincome-earning opportunities. Kenya aims at 100 per cent energy access by 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent\nprogress can make us feel that a world of limitless energy for everyone is just\naround the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A\nrevolution that will solve all social problems, from education to women\u2019s\n\u2018double burden\u2019 \u2014 pressure to look after the home while also earning money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, we\ncannot hide from an obvious truth: new technology will not transform\ncommunities on its own. To unlock its potential, we must confront bigger\nquestions of justice and inequality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we must be honest about the impact of energy coming to villages for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/oped\/opinion\/Is-clean-energy-shutting-out-women\/440808-5331996-4tnxnv\/index.html\">Read more>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Daily Nation Families are seizing the power of clean, sustainable energy. Solar products such as lights and phone chargers mean that even those with little money can enjoy the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}