DUBAI, Dec 05 (IPS) – Across the African continent, many first-born children in poor and vulnerable households do not go to school as they spend their school days collecting biomass fuel. The regional average of the amount of time spent collecting firewood is 2.1 hours, robbing women and girls in particular of hundreds of hours in a year and crippling their capacities to engage in learning and productive activities.
Source: Electrifying Cooking: Decarbonizing Africa’s Electricity Grid Towards Net Zero
