GWNET Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program 2025

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Applications are open for GWNET Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program. GWNET in collaboration with the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) are excited to launch their fourth cohort of a mentorship program specifically targeting women in the clean cooking sector in Africa, Asia, and Haiti.

Following the success of their 2021, 2022, and 2023 cohort they are thrilled to continue supporting and uplifting women in the clean cooking sector.

Women in Clean Cooking Mentorship Program Benefits

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.

Eligibility Criteria

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.

Programme Scope

The mentorship programme is also designed around the following parameters:

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;
Virtual networking opportunities at international energy and/or renewables events.