If Dhaka wants to reach its goal of sourcing 40 percent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2014, it would need more women to build up the workforce that installs and maintains systems, a group said
By Tahmid Zami and Mosabber Hossain / Thomson Reuters Foundation, DHAKA
When Shefali Khatun separated from her husband, her biggest worry was how she would support her young son and cover all the expenses for their home in central Bangladesh — without a job. Then she heard about a program run by a Bangladeshi green energy initiative that teaches women to build and fix solar-power systems. She signed up, despite having no engineering background or experience…