Gender as a Key Variable in Energy Interventions: Are We Asking the Right Questions?

The research has been carried out with funding from the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DfID) KaR, as well as from the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy. The research brought together some of the world's foremost experts on gender and energy in a Collaborative Research Group on Gender and Energy (CRGGE). The group included policy researchers from France, Kenya, India, the Netherlands, the Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Uganda, the UK and the US, who further involved other researchers in their networks and countries in the endeavour.

The challenge was to move towards a framework for gender and energy policy research in the 21st century, to build capacity in our own institutions and networks, and to influence the international energy policy research agenda as well as practice. Working on the project was rewarding, because it provided the basis for continuous (and continuing) interaction among researchers, practitioners and networks on their research, and their practical policy and program work, related to gender and energy.

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