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Policy Brief Official Launch - Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A call to Action | July 17, 2025 @ 1:15pm (ET) | UN Headquarters or Online

Organizers: ENERGIA, ESMAP/World Bank, GWNET, IEA, IRENA, SEforALL, UNDESA, UNIDO, UNSD, UN Women, WHO.
Format: In Person with Live Webcasting
Date: July 17th, 2025
Time: 1:15 – 2:30 PM
Venue: UN Headquarters | Conference Room 7 

               

The organizers will host a Side Event at the HLPF 2025 to mark the official launch of the Policy Brief, advocating for gender indicators as a fundament for an inclusive, just, and effective energy transition. The session will bring together Member States and intergovernmental representatives, gender experts, civil society, and other key stakeholders and will serve as a platform to mobilize support, drive transformative policy actions, and strengthen commitments to accelerate gender equality in the energy sector. 

 

AGENDA ITEM 

 

PROPOSED SPEAKERS 

Welcome Address (5 min) Mr. Francesco La Camera, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)  
Opening Remarks (5 min) H.E. Charlotta Schlyter, Ambassador for UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations 

Presentation (10 min) 

 

Fanny Missfeldt-Ringius, Manager, and Samantha Constant, Senior Gender Specialist, Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) at the World Bank  

  • Presentation of the Policy Brief “Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A call for Action” 

Reflections from Key Stakeholders with Q&A  
(50 min) 

 

Interventions responding to the Policy Brief from diverse perspectives 
Moderated by: Fanny Misfeldt-Ringius 

  • Mr. Rashid Ali Abdallah, Executive Director, African Energy Commission (AFREC)  
  • Ms. Mara Dolan, Program Manager, Women’s Environment and Development Organizations (WEDO) 
  • Ms. Laura Hohmann, SDG7 Youth Representative; Global Director at CDP 
  • Ms. Sheila, Oparaocha, Director of ENERGIA Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy 
  • Mr. Papa Seck, Chief of UN Women’s Research and Data Division 

Additional representation [TBC]: Austria, Canada, Iceland, U.K., and Kenya 

Call for Action & Closing Remarks (5 min) Mr. Minoru Takada, Deputy Director, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)