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DISCUSSION PAPERT E R I P o l i c y B r i e f JUNE 2015
The Energy and Resources Institute
Mainstreaming Gender
in Improved Cookstove
Value Chains
CONTENTS 1 In Brief
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• In Brief 2 Involving women in ICS value chains have bi-dimensional benefits—
• Background 3 Improving the quality of life and providing an opportunity for income
• Evidence 5 generation
• Discussion 7
• Policy Recommendations Women face various challenges with regard to skills, capital, income,
• References awareness, and infrastructure which limit their participation in the
value chain
Author
S Arun, Area Convener and Associate Fellow Mainstreaming women in ICS value chains requires an integrated
Rural Resources Management, TERI set of strategies to foster a business ecosystem that encourages
participation of women
Advisor
Dr Ibrahim H Rehman, Director Based on empirical evidence from women-led business models
Social Transformation, TERI developed during the TERI-DFID cookstoves dissemination
programme, strategies to encourage involvement of women in ICS
Acknowledgements market have been suggested
This discussion paper is the result of a project
supported by the Department for International ICS dissemination programmes supported by donor agencies must
Development, Government of UK on adopt the following features in the programme design: (a) allow
dissemination of clean energy technologies in programme flexibility, (b) engage multiple stakeholders in value chain
India and Africa. segments, (c) adequate focus on indirect subsidies, (d) integrate
package of interventions in the value chain, (e) develop financing
The Energy and Resources Institute models with multiple modes and streams of finance, and (f) put
Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, in place systems that ensure long-term engagement with women
Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110 003 stakeholders in the value chain.
Tel. 2468 2100 or 4150 4900 Background
Fax. 2468 2144 or 2468 2145
India +91 Delhi (0) 11 Lack of convenient, reliable, and affordable access to clean cookstoves risks the
lives and livelihoods of millions of women in rural India. In the patriarchal rural
www.teriin.org society, cooking and collection of fuel are tasks typically performed by women
(Dutta 2003). Household air pollution, primarily from inefficient cookstoves,
leads to 1.04 million premature deaths in India annually (Balakrishnan, Cohen
and Smith 2014), disproportionately affecting women and young children.
Women spend a considerable amount of time, effort, and money collecting
The Energy and Resources Institute
Mainstreaming Gender
in Improved Cookstove
Value Chains
CONTENTS 1 In Brief
1
• In Brief 2 Involving women in ICS value chains have bi-dimensional benefits—
• Background 3 Improving the quality of life and providing an opportunity for income
• Evidence 5 generation
• Discussion 7
• Policy Recommendations Women face various challenges with regard to skills, capital, income,
• References awareness, and infrastructure which limit their participation in the
value chain
Author
S Arun, Area Convener and Associate Fellow Mainstreaming women in ICS value chains requires an integrated
Rural Resources Management, TERI set of strategies to foster a business ecosystem that encourages
participation of women
Advisor
Dr Ibrahim H Rehman, Director Based on empirical evidence from women-led business models
Social Transformation, TERI developed during the TERI-DFID cookstoves dissemination
programme, strategies to encourage involvement of women in ICS
Acknowledgements market have been suggested
This discussion paper is the result of a project
supported by the Department for International ICS dissemination programmes supported by donor agencies must
Development, Government of UK on adopt the following features in the programme design: (a) allow
dissemination of clean energy technologies in programme flexibility, (b) engage multiple stakeholders in value chain
India and Africa. segments, (c) adequate focus on indirect subsidies, (d) integrate
package of interventions in the value chain, (e) develop financing
The Energy and Resources Institute models with multiple modes and streams of finance, and (f) put
Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, in place systems that ensure long-term engagement with women
Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110 003 stakeholders in the value chain.
Tel. 2468 2100 or 4150 4900 Background
Fax. 2468 2144 or 2468 2145
India +91 Delhi (0) 11 Lack of convenient, reliable, and affordable access to clean cookstoves risks the
lives and livelihoods of millions of women in rural India. In the patriarchal rural
www.teriin.org society, cooking and collection of fuel are tasks typically performed by women
(Dutta 2003). Household air pollution, primarily from inefficient cookstoves,
leads to 1.04 million premature deaths in India annually (Balakrishnan, Cohen
and Smith 2014), disproportionately affecting women and young children.
Women spend a considerable amount of time, effort, and money collecting
