DAR ES SALAAM, March 6 -- MINISTER for Community Development, Gender, Women and Special Groups, Dr Dorothy Gwajima, has said that access to clean cooking energy is a strategic national agenda that stimulates economic growth and promotes gender equality.

She made the remarks on Wednesday during the Second Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) Womens Conference, which aimed to promote the use of clean cooking energy through electricity.

“Clean energy is not only an environmental agenda; it is also a health, economic and gender equality agenda. When a woman uses clean cooking energy, she gains more time to engage in productive activities, education, innovation and proper family care. Clean energy liberates women, restores dignit...