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Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women's Empowerment through Electrification

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The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

The research area of the project is "Electrification through grid and decentralized systems", which is one of the five research areas under the ENERGIA Gender and Energy Research Programme Framework (a Five-Year Sub-Programme on "Gender a

October 2010

Economic empowerment of women through climate change mitigation and adaptation?

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

The discourse on climate change does not pay adequate attention to women, either at the local project level or in international negotiations. Women are unable to voice their specific requirements even though the impact of climate change affects women and men differently.

15 July 2020 to 17 July 2020
Partner Event

Women in Industry and Innovation

The conference “Women in Industry and Innovation” will gather government representatives, private sector actors, experts, entrepreneurs, researchers, and other relevant stakeholders in an effort to promote the development of an inclusive and sustainable environment for the economic empowerment of women.

UN Women

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

16 June 2014
Projects News

E-discussion on women and the environment

The Knowledge Gateway for Women's Economic Empowerment has launched an e-discussion on "Women and the Environment". The discussion is co-hosted by SEED I

Securing an Inclusive Energy Transition: Female Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in Energy Access

Efficiency for Access Coalition
On March 11, 2020 8:30 AM (Eastern Time), Efficiency for Access Coalition is hosting a webinar on "Securing an Inclusive Energy Transition: Female Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in Energy Access".
October 2012

Women's Participation in Green Growth - a Potential Fully Realised?

Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED)

The purpose of the study is threefold:

8 February 2019
Partner Event

UNIDO as a global platform for the promotion of women's economic empowerment – Initiatives in Europe and Central Asia

On 8 February 2019 (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM CET), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is holding a promotional event entitled, "UNIDO as a global platform for the promotion of women's economic empowerment – Initiatives in Europe and Central Asia".

Elena Ruiz Abril

Regional Policy Advisor for Women’s Economic Empowerment, West and Central Africa
UN Women
March 2019

Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: A guide for development organizations based on the SDGs

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI)
This guidebook reviews the evidence of the contributions of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture, explains how VSSs can be used as a tool to meet related components of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and provides recommendations for development organisations.

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