Global Environment Facility

Global Environment Facility

Partnering with the MESD, UNIDO is carrying out a Global Environment Facility funded project to supply clean,energy-efficient cookstoves to women. The Organization is over seeing the installation of 500 cookstoves in the Plateau-Central region of the country. The programme will also set up a credit line provided by a regional African bank to allow the dolotières to buy the cookstoves. In total, the project will reach 1,600 women targeted in four clusters. By bringing together groups of women,they will benefit from collective gains that should stimulate the growth of the sector and make it easier for them to access credit.The new cookstoves should also reduce the workload for women and girls and improve their safety by reducing their exposure to burning wood fumes. By expanding opportunities as well as access to sustainable energy, resources, training and credit, the project empowers women and enhances gender equality.