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Decentralised solar PV: A gender perspective
This study finds that women continue to face numerous barriers to engagement in the decentralised solar PV workforce, providing recommendations to advance female inclusion in the sector.
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Key Enablers to Triple Renewables by 2030: Skills and Capacities
The evolving energy transitions needs that demand skilled workforce calls for the development of institutional and human capacities through concerted action in education and skills building.
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Events
Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress Through Renewable Energy
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s IWD 2024 event aimed to collectively amplify the voices and contributions of women, paving the way for accelerated progress in renewable energy and beyond.
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Joint Event of the 13th Renewables Talk and the Women in Diplomacy – COP28 Changemakers’ Majlis
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates to IRENA organised a joint event of the 13th edition of Renewables Talk for IRENA Permanent Representatives and the next edition of Women in Diplomacy, as part of the COP28 Changemakers’ Majlis initiative.
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Africa’s renewable energy sector is shattering gender norms
Africa’s fast-evolving renewable energy landscape is catalysing a shift in gender dynamics, with more women seizing employment opportunities than in the traditional energy sector, according to a new report.
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Women as Key Players in the Decentralised Renewable Energy Sector: Beneficiaries, Leaders, Innovators
The event aimed to increased awareness of the role of women in decentralized renewable energy and explored ways to increase their involvement in the industry.
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Women in Renewables Can Be Agents of Change
Leveraging women’s participation as change agents can encourage, influence, and speed up the energy transformation.
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ISES Webinar on the Solar PV: A Gender Perspective
Organised by the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), this webinar presented the IRENA report on Solar PV: a Gender Perspective. The report evaluates the role of women in the solar PV industry using the largest sample of global responses on solar PV energy and gender gathered to date.
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Solar PV: A Gender Perspective
This report, the third in IRENA’s gender perspective series, examines the participation of women in the solar PV sector.
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In an Indonesian Village, Solar Light Drives Gender-Equitable Economy and Improves Welfare
With significant renewable energy potential, Indonesia is poised to achieve its target of 23 per cent share of renewables in total energy consumption by 2025 – if policy, technology, and finance are in place to support it.
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Fostering Livelihoods with Decentralised Renewable Energy: An Ecosystems Approach
This brief discusses the ’ecosystem’ necessary for linking electricity services through decentralised renewable energy with people’s livelihoods.
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Wind energy: A gender perspective
Based on a survey across the industry, this study tracks women’s employment, gender policies and perceptions of gender bias throughout the wind energy value chain.
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IRENA at EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019 in Brussels
EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) will take place in Brussels and IRENA will be present, widely contributing to the 3-day policy conference.
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