In partnership with the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), SHINE is co-designing research circles with women activists and communities across Africa. Using feminist methodologies such as story-harvesting, creative mapping, and community dialogues we document lived experiences of energy poverty and extractivism during energy transitions. These insights are being translated into accessible, community-driven learning tools.
Each quarter, SHINE hosts dynamic, multilingual webinars that bring together voices from civil society, women-led enterprises, frontline communities, and progressive investors. This series fosters South–South solidarity by connecting activists across Latin America, Asia, and Africa, while building cross-sector alliances to scale local innovations into continental policy influence.
In deep solidarity with Earthlife Africa, SHINE is working in South African communities impacted by mine closures. These areas face degraded land, economic collapse, and energy insecurity. We focus on building collective power and feminist alternatives including the groundwork for decentralized, community-controlled renewable energy in places like Soweto that centers the care economy.