Call for Applications: GWNET Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program 2025
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.
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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 Goals 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 program 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;
Deadline: December 13th 2024
