Credit: GENERIS Team

An aerial photograph of fish farms in Bolivia. There are rectangular lakes interspersed with green trees. The sun is shining from above.

New research on fish farming in Bolivia

1 August 2025

The Decentralised Renewable and Inclusive Energy Systems in Bolivia (GENERIS) Team have released new outputs focussing on the gendered experiences of women in fish-farming communities of the Bolivian tropics. 

The team have published a new report on the status of fish farming in Bolivia, and an accompanying short video with the first pilot of the GENERIS project. You can find both on their project page here.

Their latest blog explores the barriers that women in Cochabamba, Bolivia face, and possible interventions that could break these barriers and create more equitable communities.

Webinar: Clean Energy Transitions: A care economy lens

Wednesday 16 September 2026

Clean energy transitions: what changes when we put care at the centre? Join us for an engaging webinar exploring how clean energy transitions can do more than expand access to power: they can also reduce drudgery, shift how unpaid care work is recognised and shared, and open up new opportunities for women and young people in […]

Smallholder farmer testing INFoCAT renewable energy powered groundnut pod plucker in Gomoa (Central Region, Ghana). Photo by UNU INRA.

A woman is using a groundnut pod plucker machine which is powered by renewable energy.
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How can clean energy transitions reduce energy poverty while also addressing the unequal burden of unpaid care work? This is an increasingly urgent question as the global shift to clean energy reshapes not only energy systems, but everyday life within households. Across many low- and middle-income countries, women and girls continue to shoulder a disproportionate […]

Decentralised renewable energy for rural SMEs in Bolivia: benefits, opportunities and challenges for women

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