What we know, what we need & the out-of-the-box opportunities

Friday, November 13, 2015 at 10:00-11:30 AM EDT
Register for the webinar here.

Gender mainstreaming in the energy sector is taking place from national policies, to institutional reforms and project development—increasing energy access and providing a low emission development pathways for many around the world. It has been a central pillar of the commitments towards achieving universal access to modern energy and is recognized as a cornerstone within the Sustainable Development Goals. While efforts at integrating gender considerations into climate change and the renewable energy sector have progressed over the years, most progress has taken place in small scale, community-based projects. Though these initiatives demonstrate ways in which engaging women improves the success of energy access and climate mitigation efforts, the results are often not well documented. A significant knowledge gap on gender and mid- to large-scale renewable energy projects exists.

This webinar is a part of the GECCO Energy webinar series and will highlight some of the related information gaps, as well as difficulties in addressing gender considerations within mid- to large-scale renewable energy projects and what solutions exist for increasing access to benefits by women and men of communities located in the project’s vicinity. The content of this webinar will be further expanded by succeeding learning sessions.

The webinar moderator will be moderated by Ana Rojas, Gender and Energy Task Manager, IUCN GGO, and will include the following speakers and topics:

Maria Beatriz Orlando, World BankSenior Social Development Specialist, and
Vanessa Lopes Janik, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), morlando@worldbank.org; vjanik@worldbank.org
Understanding the gender dimensions of generation, transmission and distribution projects

Gabriela Factor, Community Insights Group, gfactor@communityinsights.eu
Addressing gender in large-scale projects: opportunities under social impacts assessments and the need to improve these tools

Daniella Rough, EnerTek Global, drough@enertekglobal.com
Increasing the benefits of large-scale energy projects: how government and NGO lead initiatives are ensuring the development needs of women and men are addressed in rural Peru

The Gender Equality for Climate Change Opportunities (GECCO) initiative is a five-year program launched by USAID and IUCN’s Global Gender Office in 2014. GECCO’s overall goal is to leverage advancements in women’s empowerment and gender equality through, and for, the benefit of climate change and development outcomes. Through its series of webinars, GECCO aims at increasing knowledge and sensitization of key stakeholders in the energy and mitigation sectors as a means to advance women’s empowerment.

To register for the webinar please go here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7707359177706968577

The GECCO team will be happy to provide you with our support prior to and during the webinar. For technical and communications/outreach questions, please contact Maggie Roth (maggie.roth@iucn.org). For content questions please contact Ana Rojas (ana_v_rojas@hotmail.com).