topics-n: Employment

  • Women’s Employment in Energy Sector Utilities Toolkit

    Women’s Employment in Energy Sector Utilities Toolkit

    This Women’s Employment in Energy Sector Utilities Toolkit is A “one-stop shop” for advice and resources on how to bolster women’s employment in energy utilities. It contains links to free, publicly available tools and resources aimed at addressing the barriers identified in the Stepping Up Women’s STEM Careers reports. The toolkit contains four modules, each thematically focused. The…

  • Empowering Women in  Clean Energy: Advancing and Retaining an Equitable Workforce

    Empowering Women in Clean Energy: Advancing and Retaining an Equitable Workforce

    Women are increasingly taking on leadership roles in the renewable energy sector, establishing  businesses as energy producers, distributors and service providers. Women are also taking on an increasing number of roles at the entry level in clean energy companies across Africa – in fact, more women make up roles in renewable energy than the traditional…

  • Breakthroughs: Advancing Gender Equity in African Clean Energy

    Breakthroughs: Advancing Gender Equity in African Clean Energy

    Historically, employees in the African clean energy sector have been predominantly male – but that is slowly changing. Clean energy companies across Africa are making concerted efforts to diversify their workforces, making a particular effort to attract, hire, and retain women. Companies have broadened marketing approaches, innovated in how they manage applications and interviews, investigated…