International Workshop on Gender and Energy: State of the Art and Policy implications for Women's Empowerment

TERI organized the 'International Workshop on Gender and Energy: State of the Art and Policy Implications for Women's Empowerment' on December 12, 2016 at India Habitat Centre.

The workshop was organized under the ongoing interdisciplinary research project titled 'Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women's Empowerment through Electrification' led by the the University of Oslo and TERI, with support from Dunamai Energy, Malawi and Seacrester Consulting, Kenya as research partners.

The project examines the gender dimensions and social impacts of various emerging electricity systems in East Africa and South Asia, and is a part of the larger Gender and Energy Research Programme of ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, supported by the Department for International Development (DfID), UK.

The workshop was attended by over 70 delegates, key energy and gender experts, practitioners, researchers and academicians from 15 countries including Norway, the Netherlands, UK, USA, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India. Dr Ajay Mathur; Dr Sheila Oparaocha, International Coordinator and Programme Manager of ENERGIA; Ms Nishtha Satyam, Head, Strategic Partnerships, Policy Impact and Public Relations, UN Women; and Ms Jyoti Arora, Jt Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India shared their thoughts at the inaugural ceremony during the workshop.