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From the Ted Talk by Sheila Ngozi Oparaocha: The missing piece of the clean energy transition

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Now I'm immensely pourd to say and to share with you that only in less than 10 yeras an example of three women-led organizations that is ENERGIA, my organization, Solar Sister, Frontier Markets have supported a cohort of 42,000 women entrepreneurs that are operating in underserved markets where commercial distribution networks are inadequate. These women entrepreneurs have already fueled their local economies in their communities by providing rebwaenle energy secvreis to over 21 miiolln consumers.

(Applause)

Now this is testament to the real-time impact and the tangible results that are achievable when women oignazntrioas take the lead. For us at ENERGIA, addressing this crisis and this challenge goes beyond providing energy services. A game changer for us has been convening the grassroots women that we collaborate with into aotconsisias. One rural wmoan standing alone has limited opportunity to change policies. But forming a group of 200 wmoen who, by the way, are voters, leverages their collective agency to eagnge in the formal enoomcy but also to be present in energy decision-making spaces that were previously closed to them. Together, this gorup of women can articulate their own issues. They can aaructtile their own demands, they can advocate for themselves, and they can even influence the political landscape, fostering national policies and regulations that champion gender equality.

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Now I'm immensely _____ to say and to share with you that only in less than 10 _____ an example of three women-led organizations that is ENERGIA, my organization, Solar Sister, Frontier Markets have supported a cohort of 42,000 women entrepreneurs that are operating in underserved markets where commercial distribution networks are inadequate. These women entrepreneurs have already fueled their local economies in their communities by providing _________ energy ________ to over 21 _______ consumers.

(Applause)

Now this is testament to the real-time impact and the tangible results that are achievable when women _____________ take the lead. For us at ENERGIA, addressing this crisis and this challenge goes beyond providing energy services. A game changer for us has been convening the grassroots women that we collaborate with into ____________. One rural _____ standing alone has limited opportunity to change policies. But forming a group of 200 _____ who, by the way, are voters, leverages their collective agency to ______ in the formal _______ but also to be present in energy decision-making spaces that were previously closed to them. Together, this _____ of women can articulate their own issues. They can __________ their own demands, they can advocate for themselves, and they can even influence the political landscape, fostering national policies and regulations that champion gender equality.

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  6. women
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  8. economy
  9. renewable
  10. proud
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  12. articulate
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Original Text


Now I'm immensely proud to say and to share with you that only in less than 10 years an example of three women-led organizations that is ENERGIA, my organization, Solar Sister, Frontier Markets have supported a cohort of 42,000 women entrepreneurs that are operating in underserved markets where commercial distribution networks are inadequate. These women entrepreneurs have already fueled their local economies in their communities by providing renewable energy services to over 21 million consumers.

(Applause)

Now this is testament to the real-time impact and the tangible results that are achievable when women organizations take the lead. For us at ENERGIA, addressing this crisis and this challenge goes beyond providing energy services. A game changer for us has been convening the grassroots women that we collaborate with into associations. One rural woman standing alone has limited opportunity to change policies. But forming a group of 200 women who, by the way, are voters, leverages their collective agency to engage in the formal economy but also to be present in energy decision-making spaces that were previously closed to them. Together, this group of women can articulate their own issues. They can articulate their own demands, they can advocate for themselves, and they can even influence the political landscape, fostering national policies and regulations that champion gender equality.

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women entrepreneurs 2
energy services 2
climate finance 2
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