Application Deadline: December 13th 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 GWNET Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program. In 2025, the “Women in Clean Cooking” (WICC) mentorship program will support women in the clean cooking sector, offering benefits that include:
- Gaining experience from seasoned professionals in the energy sector;
- Obtaining career-enhancing activities to support concrete goals;
- Enhancing professional and personal development;
- Fostering strategic thinking and innovative ideas.
Call for Mentees
The application criteria are as follows:
- Must be a national from Africa, Asia or Haiti and working in any country in Africa or Asia, or Haiti.
- Must be a woman working in clean cooking, with a strong personal interest in contributing to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 5 and 7 by supporting the engagement of other women in the process and a commitment to women’s empowerment and gender equality.
- Must work in an early to mid-career position, with 2 – 10 years of work experience.
The mentorship programme is also designed around the following parameters:
Virtual networking opportunities at international energy and/or renewables events.
Regional focus on early to mid-career professionals in Africa, Asia, and Haiti;
Bilateral interaction for 11 months between mentees and mentors along mutually-agreed professional development targets;
Careful matchmaking and continuous support by the GWNET Secretariat, alongside CCA and SEforALL;
A series of exclusive curated knowledge-transfer webinars based on needs stated by the mentee cohort;
Skill-building elements for professional leadership and communication;
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the GWNET Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program