Green People's Energy for Africa - Knowledge Hub - Gender

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Green People's Energy for Africa
Knowledge Hub

Gender

Green People's Energy tailors its measures to account for the disparity between genders in terms of access to energy as well as education. The iniative is designed to actively incorporate women's views, everyday challenges and ways of life into energy access programmes.

Table of Contents

I. Overview
II. Case Studies
III. Publications
IV. Countries

I. Overview

Energy poverty affects women and men differently. Due to socio-cultural norms and traditional male-dominated structures, women in Sub-Saharan Africa lack the skills, knowledge, decision-making power and/or financial means to access energy. A 2019 IRENA report describes how lack of access to training and skills development is the biggest challenge to women’s participation in the off-grid energy sector. Access to energy bears the potential to improve these circumstances.

Lighting, electricity, and communication tools can alleviate the burden of unpaid household tasks which are disproportionately carried out by women. In the time freed up by facilitating these tasks, women and girls can instead seek education or engage in income-generating activities, leading to better household incomes and overall community well-being. Tailored training programmes can even enable women to pursue a career in the renewable energy sector. Further, access to energy improves health conditions, especially those affecting women such as maternity care, as well as women’s safety in the public sphere. As women are often well connected in their communities, including them in rural renewable energy access projects also holds the potential of building trust in renewable energy solutions and thereby driving sales through their local networks.

Green People’s Energy for Africa is dedicated to promoting women in all training and business development activities – to promote economic and social rights and empower girls and women through education and increasing access to jobs.

In its technical training and business development activities in the field of renewable energy, Green People’s Energy is committed to:

  • Training female technicians, professionals, and users of decentralized renewable energy
  • Advancing women’s roles and improving their socio-economic position, e.g., by focusing on value chains centred around women
  • Offering bespoke consulting, specific business development measures and training, so women can respond to the needs of female entrepreneurs
  • Including implementing partners (e.g., training institutes) or women’s NGO’s in finding holistic approaches that respect both women and men’s needs
  • Following a multi-level approach for strengthening the role of women on the micro and meso levels, e.g., supporting female entrepreneurs and their representation in the energy ministries

II. Case Studies

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  • Link to Projects
  • Link to Case Studies
  • Link to KPF Facthseets
  • etc...

III. Publications

The GBE Thematic Knowledge Products are designed to share the knowledge and learnings about the topics gathered during the implementation and to make them accessible for practicioners. The following knowledge products outline the latest approches to PUE projects at the time of project implementation as well as learnings and recommendations from the GBE projects.


This knowledge product focuses on empowering women in the energy sector. They face particular challenges related to gender, especially concerning their employment opportunities. GBE aims to support women in pursuing a career in the energy sector, becoming financially independent through energy (e.g. through agriculture) and improving their livelihoods through energy acces. After a literature review, four case studies from the GBE programme with a gender focus are showcased and key findings presented.

IV. Countries

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