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The Value of Engaging Women in the Energy Provisioning Process
A combination of women’s increased economic activity and increased decision-making in the
household led to wider social and political empowerment. The positive effects on women’s confidence
and skills, expanded knowledge and support networks through group activity, and market access
can lead to enhanced status for all women within the community. In some societies, where women’s
mobility has been very circumscribed and women previously had little opportunity to meet women
outside their immediate family, there have been very significant changes. Individual women who
gain respect in their households may then act as role models for others leading to a wider process
of change in community perceptions and male willingness to accept change (ADA Dialogue 2007).
Women’s economic empowerment at the individual level has potentially significant contributions at
the macro-level through increasing women’s visibility as agents of economic growth and their voice
as economic actors in policy decisions. This, together with their greater ability to meet household
well-being needs, in turn, increases their effectiveness as agents of poverty reduction (ADA Dialogue
2007).
Bibliography
ADA Dialogue. “Microfinance and Gender: New Contributions to an Old Issue”. Publication,
Luxembourg: ADA, 2007. B. Sudhakara Reddy, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan. “Energy in the
Development Strategy of Indian Households – The Missing Half”. Paper, Mumbai: Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research, 2012.
CCAP. “Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through the India Renewable Energy
Development Agency”. Washington: Center for Clean Air Policy, n.d.
Cecelski, Elizabeth. “Gender and Access to Energy Services.” Sustainable Development, UN. May
2014. Available at.
Cecelski, Elizabeth. “The Role of Women in Sustainable Energy Development”. Report, Colorado:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2000.
Clancy, Joy. “Late Developers: Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector”. Paper, Enschede:
University of Twente, 2010.
Clemente, Jude. “End Energy Poverty and Empower Women, FORBES”. January 22, 2015.
Available at empowering-females/>, last accessed on June 30, 2015.
ECREEE. “Women’s Economic Empowerment through Energy Access in the MRU Sub-region”.
Paper, Cape Verde: ECOWAS, 2014.
IEA. “Energy Poverty”. 2014. Available at
Joy S Clancy, Margaret Skutsch, Simon Batchelor. “The Gender-Energy Poverty Nexus”. Project
Report, DFID, n.d.
Kathleen O’Dell, Sophia Peters, Kate Wharton. Women, Energy, and Economic Empowerment.
September 18, 2014. Available at access/>, last accessed on February 17, 2015.
Kirrin Gill, Payal Patel, Paula Kantor, Allison McGonagle. “Energy and Agricultural Technologies for
Women’s Economic Advancement”. Research, Washington DC: International Center for Research on
Women, 2012.
Maria Robinson Foundation, Climate Justice. “Enabling Women’s Development and Empowerment
through Access to Clean, Affordable, Sustainable Energy”. Maria Robinson Foundation, 2012.
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A combination of women’s increased economic activity and increased decision-making in the
household led to wider social and political empowerment. The positive effects on women’s confidence
and skills, expanded knowledge and support networks through group activity, and market access
can lead to enhanced status for all women within the community. In some societies, where women’s
mobility has been very circumscribed and women previously had little opportunity to meet women
outside their immediate family, there have been very significant changes. Individual women who
gain respect in their households may then act as role models for others leading to a wider process
of change in community perceptions and male willingness to accept change (ADA Dialogue 2007).
Women’s economic empowerment at the individual level has potentially significant contributions at
the macro-level through increasing women’s visibility as agents of economic growth and their voice
as economic actors in policy decisions. This, together with their greater ability to meet household
well-being needs, in turn, increases their effectiveness as agents of poverty reduction (ADA Dialogue
2007).
Bibliography
ADA Dialogue. “Microfinance and Gender: New Contributions to an Old Issue”. Publication,
Luxembourg: ADA, 2007. B. Sudhakara Reddy, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan. “Energy in the
Development Strategy of Indian Households – The Missing Half”. Paper, Mumbai: Indira Gandhi
Institute of Development Research, 2012.
CCAP. “Financing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through the India Renewable Energy
Development Agency”. Washington: Center for Clean Air Policy, n.d.
Cecelski, Elizabeth. “Gender and Access to Energy Services.” Sustainable Development, UN. May
2014. Available at
Cecelski, Elizabeth. “The Role of Women in Sustainable Energy Development”. Report, Colorado:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 2000.
Clancy, Joy. “Late Developers: Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Sector”. Paper, Enschede:
University of Twente, 2010.
Clemente, Jude. “End Energy Poverty and Empower Women, FORBES”. January 22, 2015.
Available at
ECREEE. “Women’s Economic Empowerment through Energy Access in the MRU Sub-region”.
Paper, Cape Verde: ECOWAS, 2014.
IEA. “Energy Poverty”. 2014. Available at
Joy S Clancy, Margaret Skutsch, Simon Batchelor. “The Gender-Energy Poverty Nexus”. Project
Report, DFID, n.d.
Kathleen O’Dell, Sophia Peters, Kate Wharton. Women, Energy, and Economic Empowerment.
September 18, 2014. Available at
Kirrin Gill, Payal Patel, Paula Kantor, Allison McGonagle. “Energy and Agricultural Technologies for
Women’s Economic Advancement”. Research, Washington DC: International Center for Research on
Women, 2012.
Maria Robinson Foundation, Climate Justice. “Enabling Women’s Development and Empowerment
through Access to Clean, Affordable, Sustainable Energy”. Maria Robinson Foundation, 2012.
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