Powering Gender Equity: Women Entrepreneurs at the Forefront of Sustainable Energy Transition

Mar 29, 2023 | Sustainable Energy For All
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In the framework of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), together with ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), and Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), co-hosted a side event entitled “Sustainable energy innovation - Powering gender equity”.

This side event was organized by the multi-stakeholder coalition that coordinates the Gender and Energy Compact, developed in the framework of the UN High Level Dialogue on Energy. This Compact places women and gender equality at the centre of the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 7: ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.