{"id":3693,"date":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/news\/gwpsa-celebrates-international-womens-day\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:12:23","slug":"gwpsa-celebrates-international-womens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwpo-gwp.org\/southern-africa\/news\/gwpsa-celebrates-international-womens-day\/","title":{"rendered":"GWPSA Celebrates International Women’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This theme is aligned with the priority theme for the upcoming 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67), \u201cInnovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls\u201d.<\/strong> This year, Global Water Partnership Southern Africa (GWPSA) highlights women working in innovative and technological projects.<\/p>\n

Using Innovation and Technology to bridge the Gender Equality Gap in Southern Africa:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Traditionally in rural Africa, women are responsible for managing domestic chores, which includes cooking for their families. Searching for firewood is a time-consuming task that prevents many women from focusing on other activities, like their education.<\/p>\n

The African Clean Energy (ACE) One energy system is an integral energy solution to the energy challenge in sub\u2013Saharan Africa. ACE One uniquely combines future-proof hardware with smart digital infrastructure and responsive physical infrastructure to give isolated, off-the-grid consumers access to clean thermal and electric energy at an affordable cost.<\/p>\n

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The ACE One minimizes smoke emissions to a negligible level to mitigate the negative health effects of Air Pollution<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis innovative solution looks into using a solar biomass hybrid energy system that provides improved clean cooking and solar energy which gives access to phone charging and LED lighting in a household African Clean Energy, says Ms. Rethabile Mafura, African Clean Energy Lesotho Country Director, who is also a member of Southern Africa Youth WEF Nexus Innovation Network (SAYWIN), an initiative of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) , being supported by GWPSA. <\/p>\n

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Ms. Rethabile Mafura, African Clean Energy Lesotho Country Director <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Watch the full video of the ACE Stove here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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