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Integrating Gender in Power Operations

Mar 8, 2020

As the sector responds to the challenges of clean, reliable, and affordable energy services—there are emerging pathways to close gender gaps and bolster performance across the energy value chain—by including women as potential employees, owners of SMEs, and as consumers. Women also comprise another important market segment for the power industry—as community members living around the footprint of power projects, they could be powerful distribution agents to help reach last-mile connection customers and/or behavior change catalysts to help improve the adoption of new energy technologies and products.

The brief is part of a series by Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory’s gender team. The series includes:

Click here to find out more on IFC’s work in Gender Empowerment.

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Community Investment and Partnerships Gender Local Supplier Development Stakeholder Engagement Sustainable Livelihoods and Skills Building

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