This briefing to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women shows that climate finance flows remain largely exclusionary to women and girls. One of the reasons is that most climate finance is provided as loans, which are less accessible to women. It recommends different ways in which financing institutions can guarantee greater access … Continue reading “Gender-responsive climate finance: The key to just climate action and tackling inequalities”
This is a ‘landscape and market sizing report’ developed to inform the design of a gender-responsive results-based financing (RBF) programme for PUE appliances. It investigates the impact of energy access on women, identifies the appliances that generate the greatest benefits for women, summarizes learnings from previous RBF programmes, and estimates the market size for gender-responsive … Continue reading “Results Based Financing for Productive Use Appliances to Promote Gender Outcomes”
This policy brief discusses why PUE projects should adopt a gender-responsive approach to enhance their effectiveness, as gender blind PUE initiatives are more likely to benefit men than women. It explains how gender-responsive approaches benefit both men and women, and provides policy recommendations for maximizing those benefits.
This report by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) shares opportunities, challenges and good practices related to advancing gender equality in electricity infrastructure projects.
This report by the Alliance for Rural Electrification explores the role of women in advancing electrification and socio-economic development in rural communities and gives examples of ways to integrate gender equality throughout the off-grid energy supply chain.
This report assesses the effectiveness of women in energy networks worldwide and offers best practices and recommendations for networks under development or those aiming to enhance their impact.
UNDP’s Gender Equality Seal has been implemented under different names in 11 countries and has engaged over 1400 companies. Companies, including many in male-dominated sectors such as the energy sector, can qualify for the seal by following a ten-step plan.
This Chilean government programme, launched in 2019, is a public-private plan that supports energy companies to advance gender equality. It consists of 10 different axes, 14 measures and 40 concrete actions.
This report provides recommendations for improving the availability of sex-disaggregated and specific gender equality data in the energy sector, to improve decision making and programme design.
This report investigates labour shortages for the energy transition in Europe and shows just how many more people will be needed in the energy sector by 2030 (See the table on p.4; example: over 600,000 new solar PV technicians and 150,000 wind engineers). On page 7, the report gives a quick overview of key arguments … Continue reading “Europe’s Energy Transition: Women’s Power in Solving the Labour Bottleneck – Employment Opportunities and Requirements for Low-Carbon Job Markets”