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This morning, the Green Belt Movement (GBM) and Partnership on Women’s Entrepreneurship in Clean Energy (wPOWER) team in India attended the wPOWER Global Partnership Forum 2015 held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. The forum is a platform for sharing experiences on clean energy between African wPOWER, India wPOWER, government officials and the private sector.

By educating households and providing access to clean energy products that meet daily needs, wPOWER’s women entrepreneurs, or Sakhis, are making progress charting a new path forward.

Speakers at the event include: Wanjira Mathai – GBM Board Chair and Director wPOWER Hub , Prema Gopalan – Director Swayam Shikshan Prayog - SSP, John Beed – US Agency for International Development (USAID), Varsha Joshi – Ministry of Environment India, among others.