Wonder Women Eastern Indonesia: Empowering Women to Expand Clean Energy Access
| Type | Voluntary commitment by other stakeholders |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Kopernik |
| Scope | National |
| Location(s) | Indonesia |
| Themes | Science, technology, innovation and capacity building; Small and medium enterprises; jobs; Social sectors |
Description
Kopernik, an Indonesia-based nonprofit organisation, is committed to expanding clean energy access in the last mile – the most remote, hardest-to-reach parts of the developing world. Since 2010, we have reached more than 250,000 people with simple, clean energy technologies including solar lights, water filters and clean cookstoves. Through our Wonder Women Indonesia initiative, we empower Indonesian women to sell these technologies in remote villages – boosting women’s income while expanding energy access.
Our commitment is to train 500 women to connect these life-changing technologies with more than 250,000 people in eastern Indonesia by 2017. As part of the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, we are strongly committed to opening up new economic opportunities for women through energy access. Alongside our women’s empowerment programs, we are also committed to responding to emergencies such as the recent Nepal earthquake and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines by connecting clean energy technologies with disaster-devastated communities.
Partners
ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, PEKKA (Indonesian Association of Women-Headed Households), Yayasan Masyarakat Peduli
Targets
To train 500 women to connect life-changing clean energy technologies with more than 250,000 people in eastern Indonesia by 2017. The women participate in training to become clean energy micro-social-entrepreneurs, gaining new skills in business planning, book-keeping, sales and marketing, and public speaking. They receive a starter kit of marketing materials and technologies on consignment, and can immediately start earning income from selling solar lights, water filters and clean cookstoves in their villages. Ongoing mentoring and business development support helps them to grow their businesses and become empowered entrepreneurs.
Indicators
Targets will be measured by:
1. Number of women who have participated in training and are actively selling technologies in their communities.
2. Number of technologies sold.
3. Progression of women through an ’empowerment journey’ to becoming empowered entrepreneurs.
Resources
Kopernik’s Wonder Women Eastern Indonesia initiative is supported by the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA), with funding from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), and Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA); Empowering Indonesian Women for Poverty Reduction (MAMPU), a joint initiative of the Government of Australia and Government of Indonesia; and the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program.
Timeframe
September 2014 – August 2017