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Gender Equality Research in the Turkish Energy Sector Women’s Employment: Global and Local Dynamics

This study by the German Energy Agency (dena) and the Green Collar Women Association explores women’s employment in Türkiye’s energy sector, their career prospects, and gender discrimination. The report discusses[…]

Assessment of the Role of Women’s Networks in Promoting Gender Equality, Women’s Leadership Development, and Knowledge Sharing Within the Energy Industry Globally

In a collaboration between GIZ’s Sector Network Transport, Environment, Energy and Water in Asia (TUEWAS) and an expert from the Vietnam Energy Efficient Network (EEN-Vietnam), this new study sets out[…]

Advancing a Just Energy Transition in Central Asia: Women’s Key Role in the Energy Sector

The OSCE study “Advancing a Just Energy Transition in Central Asia – Women’s key role in the energy sector” assesses – through a gender lens – the potential socio-economic benefits[…]

The GWNET 2023 Annual Report

Since its founding, GWNET has been committed to advancing women’s careers in the global energy sector. Our 2023 Annual Report offers a detailed overview of GWNET’s work over the year[…]

Power with Full Force: Getting to gender equality in the hydropower sector

The hydropower sector is expected to employ 3.7 million individuals by 2050, but currently struggles with a significant gender gap, with women making up only 25% of its workforce. The[…]

Gender Equality in the Sustainable Energy Transition

“UN Women and UNIDO have joined forces to produce this guide on “Gender equality in the sustainable energy transition”, which provides an overview of key and emerging issues in the[…]

How Small Hydropower Empowers Women, Closes Gender Gaps and Can Do More

“Empowering women and girls and closing gender gaps are critical to realizing sustainable development goals (SDG) and ensuring a good quality of life for all.

Europe’s Energy Transition: Women’s Power in Solving the Labour Bottleneck

The energy transition is expected to generate millions of high-quality jobs around the world.

Powering a Gender-Just Energy Transition

This working paper developed under the guidance of the GGKP Gender Expert Group “provides an overview of existing knowledge and strategies that aim to ensure no one is left behind[…]

Mainstreaming Gender in National Energy Policy and Plans

“Over the last three decades, the value of gender mainstreaming in policy, planning, and implementation has been increasingly recognized as a key strategy for accelerating progress towards gender equality.

Gender Equality in Energy Industry Report

A Cooperative of their Own: Gender Implications on Renewable Energy Cooperatives in Germany

“Renewable energy cooperatives are crucial for local communities to initiate energy transition. With a mixed methodological approach, this paper analyses the participation of women in renewable energy cooperatives in Germany[…]

The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic

This Commission report aims to contribute to a new era of multilateral cooperation based on strong UN institutions to reduce the dangers of COVID-19, forestall the next pandemic, and enable[…]

Solar PV: A Gender Perspective

The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is the largest employer within the renewable energy sector, accounting for some 4.3 million jobs. If the solar business does not include a gender lens[…]

ASSET Study: Collection of Gender-Disaggregated Data on the Employment and Participation of Women and Men in the Energy Sector

In the fight for gender equality, the EU has made a considerable progress in the last decades by integrating gender perspectives in the policy-making.

How to Set Up a National/Regional Network of Women in Sustainable Energy

GWNET is a global network aiming at empowering women working in sustainable energy in all parts of the world, at different career levels from both the public and the private[…]

Women’s Participation in the Renewable Energy Workforce in Sub-Saharan Africa

In 2019, IFC, in partnership with the Government of Canada, launched the five-year Energy2Equal program to increase research and stimulate greater women’s participation in the energy sector.

ASEAN Energy and Gender Report: Development Finance

The “ASEAN Energy and Gender Report: Development Finance” report opens with a discussion of the interplay among gender equality, energy access and economic improvement, and serves as background behind the[…]

Community Energy Toolkit: Best Practices for Broadening the Ownership of Renewables

This white paper is part of a series on broadening the ownership of renewables.

Co-benefits Knowledge Commons Employment: Renewable Energy, Employment Opportunities and Skill Requirements

Renewable energy technologies are job boosters: in 2020, the renewable energy sector employed at least 12 million people around the globe.