Resources

22 Sep 2016
UNDP, 2004: 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.
22 Sep 2016
UNDP, 2007: Manual examines environment and energy development projects, policies and decision-making processes from a gender perspective. Written for UNDP staff working with national counterparts in governments and NGOs, it can also be used by other development practitioners working in the field of environment and energy.
21 Sep 2016
Asian Development Bank, 2012: Toolkit provides users with a set of tools to design energy projects that are gender responsive, including key questions to be asked during gender analysis, examples of gender-inclusive design features and gender indicators, and a number of case studies of recent ADB-financed projects.
21 Sep 2016
GenderInSITE, 2015: Fact sheet provides at-a-glance overview of gender issues in energy.
TYPE: Data
19 Sep 2016
Asian Development Bank/Australian Aid, 2013: Toolkit presents a menu of gender equality outcomes, results, and indicators that may be selected or adapted by development practitioners to ensure that gender perspectives are incorporated into development initiatives, and to monitor and evaluate gender equality results.
TYPE: Toolkits
15 Sep 2016
FAO, 2006: Paper discusses gender issues and energy linkages within the international sustainable development context and presents recommendations on ways of incorporating gender sensitivity into energy and development policies and planning processes
TYPE: Reports
13 Sep 2016
ENERGIA: Background paper defines gender concepts and places them in the context of the energy sector, and describes issues of gender and energy
TYPE: Reports
12 Sep 2016
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and UN Women, 2013: Guidance Note provides a brief overview of issues related to gender equality, women’s empowerment and sustainable energy
12 Sep 2016
World Bank, 2011: Background paper to World Development Report 2012: Gender Equality and Development reviews the literature on the links between energy access, welfare, and gender in order to provide evidence on where gender considerations in the energy sector matter and how they might be addressed
TYPE: Reports
09 Sep 2016
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 2012: Research explores what it takes for technology initiatives, specifically in the energy and agricultural sectors, to reach and economically benefit women in developing countries through market-based strategies that have the potential for achieving scale and financial sustainability
31 Aug 2016
InterAction, 2005 Study examines the implementation and impacts of gender mainstreaming in sixteen African communities
31 Aug 2016
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2011 Report draws attention to the importance of applying a gender lens to STI policy and provides case studies on best practices in this area.
31 Aug 2016
AAAS for the Global Alliance for Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce, 2000 Booklet offers examples of how science, engineering, and technology intersect the critical issues articulated in the 1995 Platform for Action from the Women and NGO Forum in Beijing, China.