Stepping Up Women’s STEM Careers in Infrastructure: Summary Note: Entry Points for World Bank Project Teams Volume 3 provides a brief overview of some of the findings from an extensive literature review, a global stocktaking exercise, key…
Composed of five case studies describing a variety of contexts in which measures are being implemented to attract, recruit, retain, and advance women in STEM roles in the infrastructure sectors across Ethiopia, the Lao People’s Democratic…
The report is intended to underpin and expand the existing knowledge on gender equality issues, under the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The case studies featured form part of the insight captured in the…
ESMAP/The World Bank present the Gender Equality in the Energy Sector Calendar (2020-21) to raise awareness on key gender-equality issues in the energy sector.
The analysis focuses on: challenges that female-headed households (FHHs) face in accessing reliable electricity and heating services; struggle to pay for utilities in relation to male-headed households; and how often FHHs use coping…
This assessment was the first point of engagement for potential members of the professional regional network for women practitioners in the power and energy sectors in South Asia (WePOWER).