Session 3: The impacts of cooking with solid fuels on the health, safety and economic opportunities of women

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2014
Document Type:
Conference Paper
Theme:
Infrastructure
Authors:
Nesbitt-Ahmed, Z.

Abstract

This presentation by Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed (IDS) focuses on impacts on women. It concludes:

  • Women undertake the bulk of the work pertaining to solid fuel collection and cooking with it
  • Women are disproportionately impacted by negative effects of solid fuels - time, health, economic opportunities
  • Clean cooking stoves are a way to minimise negative impacts and maximise sustainable and collective empowerment of women and girls
  • BUT this is not enough and there is also need for complimentary measures

Citation

Nesbitt-Ahmed, Z. Session 3: The impacts of cooking with solid fuels on the health, safety and economic opportunities of women. Presented at the DFID/Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves/WHO Clean Cooking Conference, London, UK, 1 May 2014. (2014) 24 pp.

Session 3: The impacts of cooking with solid fuels on the health, safety and economic opportunities of women

Published 1 January 2014
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