The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India

The Impact of Energy on Women's Lives in Rural India

This report highlights the tremendous difference that access to improved energy services in the form of biomass stoves, petroleum fuels, and household electrification makes for the life of rural women. Of course, the benefits of rural energy services can differ by region, class, caste, education, and household occupation, but the overall pattern that emerges is that the benefits of improved rural energy services for rural women in India are substantial. The use of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or kerosene stoves relieves women of much of the most arduous tasks involved in cooking for their families and permits them to lead a relatively comfortable and healthy life. Household electrification also has positive consequences for women in terms of their general quality of life, including an increased likelihood that they will read, watch television, and earn income. Having lights at night increases their ability to read in the evening after dark. However, the advantages of electrification could be exploited even more, as there still is a puzzling underinvestment in appliances such as mixers, grinders, blenders, and others that could help women with their daily household work.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2004-01
Subjects:AIR, AIR POLLUTION, APPLIANCES, ASH, BIOFUELS, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS ENERGY, BIOMASS FUELS, BIOMASS RESOURCES, BIOMASS USE, CARBON, CARBON MONOXIDE, CARTOGRAPHY, CHARCOAL, CLEANER ENVIRONMENT, COAL, COLORS, COMMERCIAL FUELS, COOKING, COOKING FUELS, COOKING STOVES, COOLING, DAYLIGHT, DEFORESTATION, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY RESEARCH, ENERGY SECTOR, ENERGY SECTOR MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE, ENERGY SERVICES, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY USE, FANS, FIRE, FUEL, FUEL TYPE, FUEL USE, FUELS, FUELWOOD, HEATING, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY, HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE, INCOME, INDOOR AIR POLLUTION, KEROSENE LAMPS, LIGHTING, LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS, LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, LPG, LPG STOVES, OIL, OIL EQUIVALENT, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM GAS, QUALITY CONTROL, REFRIGERATORS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, RURAL ENERGY, RURAL ENERGY USE, SMOKE, SOCIAL INDICATORS, STOVES, SUSPENDED PARTICLES, THERMAL EFFICIENCY, TRANSITIONS, URBAN HOUSEHOLDS, WATER COLLECTION, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/4954918/impact-energy-womens-lives-rural-india
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20269
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Summary:This report highlights the tremendous difference that access to improved energy services in the form of biomass stoves, petroleum fuels, and household electrification makes for the life of rural women. Of course, the benefits of rural energy services can differ by region, class, caste, education, and household occupation, but the overall pattern that emerges is that the benefits of improved rural energy services for rural women in India are substantial. The use of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or kerosene stoves relieves women of much of the most arduous tasks involved in cooking for their families and permits them to lead a relatively comfortable and healthy life. Household electrification also has positive consequences for women in terms of their general quality of life, including an increased likelihood that they will read, watch television, and earn income. Having lights at night increases their ability to read in the evening after dark. However, the advantages of electrification could be exploited even more, as there still is a puzzling underinvestment in appliances such as mixers, grinders, blenders, and others that could help women with their daily household work.

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