{"id":33832,"date":"2023-08-24T13:44:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/forum-on-women-in-green-technologies-launched-at-the-united-docks"},"modified":"2023-08-24T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:04:03","slug":"forum-on-women-in-green-technologies-launched-at-the-united-docks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/forum-on-women-in-green-technologies-launched-at-the-united-docks","title":{"rendered":"Forum on \u2018Women in Green Technologies\u2019 launched at the United Docks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>A one-day forum on \u2018Women in Green Technologies: Empowering Women to Lead Sustainability Initiatives\u2019 opened, this morning, at the United Docks Business Park in Port Louis.<\/p>\n

The Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Mr Georges Pierre Lesjongard, the Ambassador of the United States to Mauritius, Mr Henry Jardine, and other personalities were present.<\/p>\n

This initiative is a joint collaboration of the United States (U. S. ) Embassy in Mauritius and the American Chamber of Commerce. The forum is funded by the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Economic Bureau under its \u201cProviding Opportunities for Women\u2019s Economic Rise (POWER)\u201d programme. The Regional Manager from the U. S. Trade and Development Agency, Miss Sarah Whitten, was the keynote speaker at the event.<\/p>\n

Specialised in project financing, she outlined the various sources of financing available in developing sustainable development projects in Mauritius across the African continent, and the case for promoting diversity in the business sector.<\/p>\n

Panelists at the forum included representatives from the Economic Development Board, the Mauritius Institute of Directors, Business Mauritius, the Mauritius Commercial Bank, Mindex Group and Lineage Invest.<\/p>\n

In his address, Minister Lesjongard highlighted the crucial role played by women in fostering community resilience and responding to climate-related disasters as well as their influence on policies and institutions to enhance the accessibility of public goods, including energy, water, sanitation, and social infrastructure as economic and political actors.<\/p>\n

Mr Lesjongard likewise remarked that Government has placed women empowerment at the center of its development agenda with the adoption of a National Gender Policy 2022-2030 which provides a framework for collective action by public and private-sector stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Women, he underlined, have been instrumental in driving the sustainability movement forward from advocating for climate justice to developing innovative solutions to environmental challenges.<\/p>\n

Yet, he remarked, fewer women worldwide access information and communication technology as a direct result of their unfavourable conditions with respect to employment, education, and income.<\/p>\n

The Minister observed that nevertheless various remedial schemes and policies have been established by his Ministry in collaboration with international organisations.<\/p>\n

These include: tapping on Government\u2019s full potential including gender mainstreaming measures in green jobs; more than 1,500 women at the community level have benefited from tailored awareness sessions by the Mauritius Renewable Energy Agency (MARENA) in collaboration with the Central Electricity Board and the National Women Council; some 60 women have successfully completed training in Entrepreneurship and Basics Of Photo-Voltaic and Skills Development for Solar PV Value Chain and; the MARENA has sponsored 17 women in studies in renewable energy and they have all secured a job in the sector and are actively contributing in the advancement thereof.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the energy sector, Minister Lesjongard recalled that the Government has set clear objectives for the sector for the establishment of the green energy industry as an economic pillar of activity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have pledged to shift to a low carbon economy with the aim, amongst others, to help Mauritius achieve the 60% renewable energy target, phase out coal by 2030, and increase 10% energy efficiency by 2030,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

To achieve this and to successfully meet the national and global clean energy targets while effectively addressing climate change challenges, we must adopt an integrated and inclusive approach, ensuring that everyone, including women, feels deeply involved and connected to the transition towards renewable energy.<\/p>\n

For his part, Ambassador Jardine highlighted that the theme of today\u2019s event touches upon two core components of U. S. foreign policy, namely: advancing women\u2019s economic security and, mitigating the impact of climate change.<\/p>\n

On this note, he indicated that in January of this year, the U. S. Government launched the first-ever interagency U. S. Strategy on Global Women\u2019s Economic Security with the objective to create a world in which every person has equitable opportunities for job placement, advancement, quality of life, and leadership.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the U. S. Ambassador observed that green technology is among the sectors where women are underrepresented and, in this context, Mauritius and the U.S. are both committed to combating the climate change crisis and accelerating the clean energy transition through the involvement of women. \u201cThe U. S.<\/p>\n

Embassy looks forward to our ongoing cooperation with the Government of Mauritius and the Mauritian private sector to further strengthen this collaboration in the field of green technologies and energy efficiency but also in other key sectors where partnerships and business opportunities with U. S. firms can be established,\u201d Mr Jardine added.<\/p>\n

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