Opening Doors: Mapping The Landscape for Sustainable Energy, Gender Diversity and Social Inclusion

This report aims to systematically catalog the wide-ranging universe of stakeholders and initiatives that are addressing energy poverty and accelerating the global clean energy transition by empowering women and promoting gender equality and social inclusion. The research behind the report maps the landscape of what is happening around the world on gender and social inclusion, on who is doing it and how funds are flowing. The report’s data support learning on the experience base and the actors working on gender, energy and sustainable development at the local, regional, and national levels. It makes the case for strengthened engagement on these issues by providing evidence for the transformative effect of gender equality, social inclusion and women’s empowerment as it influences the sustainable energy and climate change agendas. And, finally, it informs the implementation of international frameworks.