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ENERGIA News Issue 2.1, February 1998

Resources: Focus on Training

Gender in Energy - Training Pack

Below are some extracts taken from the Introduction of the Training Pack which was announced in ENERGIA News, issue 1, December 1996. It is now readily available.

“This training pack is designed for training professional energy planners in government service or in NGOs in developing countries, in particular those who are involved in rural energy planning” (it is not really suitable for training grassroots workers) (introduction, p.1). It is designed to show interested professionals how to take into account women's needs and potentials in energy projects. It follows the gender approach, which means not focusing on women's needs alone but recognising that all energy projects need to be designed in the understanding that men's and women's needs, and capacities to participate, are different. It recommends the use of a set of analytical methods or tools which highlight gender concerns, as a regular step in the project planning process.

The training pack is divided into seven modules:

• understanding gender
• women and gender in energy plans
• towards more gender sensitive planning methods
• gender analytic tools
• gender sensitive data gathering tools
• building gender tools into an overall planning framework
• introducing the gender approach into institutions

This material, if followed right through, is sufficient for a three-week course in gender in energy, but shorter sessions could be planned using one or two modules at a time, according to need and the opportunities available. The manual, which is slightly more than 300 pages long, is loose-bound in a ring band folder to facilitate copying of the exercises and case studies for training sessions, and comes with trainer's notes.

It is available at a cost which covers reproduction and postage only, as follows:

• HFL 35.00
• $ 25.00
• $ 40.00

Requests from practicioners in developing countries for free copies will however be considered.

Enquiries and orders to:
Margaret M. Skutsch, Technology and Development Group, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; Tel. +31.53.4893538, Fax +31.53.4893087, Email M.M.Skutsch@tdg.utwente.nl