Advocacy is an approach that aims at influencing policy, decision-makers, local, national and international institutional structures, stakeholders, but also people, communities and civil society organisations, in order to achieve a specific change or goal, within political, economic and social systems. To achieve universal energy access and end any form of inequality in the energy sector, […]

Men and women differ in the purposes for which they need and use energy, and so do their levels of access to it. Applying a gender lens to energy policies, programs and projects helps to identify the different impacts, to bridge existing gaps and contributes to more gender equity in the energy sector. ENERGIA works […]

Gender and Energy Research Program What ENERGIA’s Gender and Energy Research programme explores the linkages between gender, energy and poverty through empirical research, with the objective to translate this evidence into recommendations for energy policy and practice. Why Energy is central to tackling almost every major global challenge and access to energy (SDG 7) is […]

Despite increasing efforts to reach Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) – ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030 – 789 million people still lack access to energy, and 2.8 billion rely on traditional, polluting and hazardous cooking fuels. If we are to reach SDG 7, we need new […]