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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[…]

Women in Wind Submission to UNFCCC for Gender and Climate Change

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), as partners and organizers of the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program, welcome the[…]

Energy Security of the Future

This article written by GWNET President, Irene Giner-Reichl, answers two major questions: How is SDG 7 implementation advancing? What does it take to get to secure and sustainable energy systems?[…]

Why the European Green Deal Needs Ecofeminism

This report maps the gender gaps and opportunities in the EU’s flagship European Green Deal. It explores how, though gender issues affect environmental policies and vice-versa, they are not integrated[…]

Gender in Energy Interventions in Fragile and Conflict Situations in the Middle East and North Africa Region

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is home to some of the most fragile situations and conflict-affected population in the world. With one in five people in the region[…]

Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2021

Employment opportunities are a key consideration in planning for a low-carbon economy. Many governments have prioritised renewable energy development, firstly to reduce emissions and meet international climate goals, but also[…]

Hiring for Equity in Clean Energy

Shortlist partnered with Open Capital Advisors with funding from FCDO and Shell Foundation to explore how SME energy companies in Kenya could increase the number of women who apply for[…]

Call to Action: Gender Equality in the Renewable Energy Industry

This Call to Action showcases steps companies can take towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in the renewable energy sector. Companies in the energy sector can use the Women’s Empowerment[…]

Improving Women’s Productivity and Incomes Through Clean Energy in India

The study discusses the barriers faced by women micro-entrepreneurs, who are using clean energy-powered livelihood technologies, in accessing finance and policy support. It highlights the potential opportunities for integrating women[…]

Renewables 2021 Global Status Report

The share of fossil fuels in final energy has remained constant (around 80.2%) for the past decade, REN21’s Renewables 2021 Global Status Report reports. The world won’t reach net zero[…]

Solar Energy in Brazil: Which are the Barriers and Opportunities for Women Professionals in the Field?

This report presents an overview of the status of women’s participation in the Brazilian solar energy market. Data was collected on professionals employed in the solar sector – specifically those[…]

Applying Gender Lenses to the Interlinkages and Synergies Between SDGs

The persistence of gender inequalities can be better understood if gender is thought of as an institutionalised system of differences between women and men that advantages men over women (in[…]

Shedding Light on Female Talent in Lebanon’s Energy Sector

This policy brief aims to contribute to filling the knowledge gap and presenting a sex-disaggregated snapshot of the distribution of students across energy related higher education educational programs as well[…]

Green Employment for Women: Towards Gender-Inclusive Renewable Energy Careers

For too long, professional careers in the energy sector have been male-dominated. Until recently, women accounted for a mere 1 per cent of top management positions and 6 per cent[…]

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.

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.

Energy Transition Role Models: Inspiring the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs (Brochure)

GWNET’s video series “Energy Transition Role Models: Inspiring the Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs” showcases portraits of remarkable women entrepreneurs in sustainable energy who are working across different disciplines and[…]

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