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From the Millenium Development Goals towards a gender-sensitive energy policy research and practice: empirical evidence and case studies
This synthesis report presents the results of an ENERGIA/UK Department of International Development (DfID) research project on “Gender as a key variable in energy.” The project brought together some of the world’s foremost experts on gender and energy in a Collaborative Research Group on Gender and Energy. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are viewed as…
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Gender, Energy & the MDGs: Towards Gender-Sensitive Energy Policy Research and Practice
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Energy, Development and Gender: Global Correlations and Causality
This paper explores global statistical studies and their evidence on correlation and causality in the linkages among energy, development and gender. None of these correlations have addressed the question of a relationship between energy, and gender equity and empowerment, however. This study does so by looking first, at some available statistical analyses of energy access…
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Women and Productive Uses of Energy: Some light on a shadowy area
The objective of this paper is to briefly outline the key issues in mainstreaming gender issues in UNDP initiatives on Productive Uses of Renewable Energy (PURE), which is aimed at linking energy services with poverty reduction. The paper defines gender mainstreaming in the context of energy, the gender dimensions in PURE, identifies critical issues to…
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Gender & Energy for Sustainable Development: A Toolkit and Resource Guide
This toolkit and resource guide outlines the linkages between gender and energy in the context of sustainable development and provides suggestions and materials on how to address energy poverty by integrating gender and energy sensitivity into development programmes, projects, and policies.
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Gender Perspectives on the Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change and Desertification
The paper provides a gender-sensitive perspective on the three Rio Conventions on Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Desertification. First, the Rio conventions are placed in their historical context and their administrative and financial framework. Secondly, the main gender issues relevant to the three conventions are exposed. A comparative overview of the level of gender mainstreaming in…
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Tooling Up For Gender and Energy
The paper is concerned with the development of better gender analytic tools to mainstream gender in energy project and programme planning. It begins by explaining why it is important to take a gender aware approach in the planning of energy projects and programmes, and why gender is so often ignored. It proposes that improved gender…
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Mainstreaming Gender in Renewable Energy Sector
This presentation sets out to address the question why gender issues are important in the context of energy. It continues to argue that women need a meaningful participation in energy initiatives and explains what this means. Constraints to achieving meaningful participation are stated and policy needs and strategies are listed.
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Mainstreaming Gender in Renewable Energy Sector
This presentation sets out to address the question why gender issues are important in the context of energy. It continues to argue that women need a meaningful participation in energy initiatives and explains what this means. Constraints to achieving meaningful participation are stated and policy needs and strategies are listed.
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Increasing Gender Sensitivity when Planning for Energy and Transport Services
This is a summary report of a side event to the UNFCCC COP 9 in Milan titled ‘Promoting Gender Equality, Providing Energy Solutions, and Preventing Climate Change’, organised by the Swedish Ministry of Environment, on behalf of the Network of Women Ministers for the Environment. The overall question for the seminar was how a gender…