This resource guide explores how infrastructure development, limited energy access, rising costs, workplace inequality, digitalisation and the energy transition can create or intensify these risks. It also shows how gender-responsive energy policies and projects can strengthen women’s safety, agency and economic participation.
Designed for policymakers and development practitioners, the guide provides practical recommendations for identifying risks, protecting affected communities and integrating prevention and response measures throughout energy operations.
It highlights promising approaches for creating safer, more inclusive and equitable energy systems.
Violence against women and girls resource guide – Energy Brief
