Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women’s Empowerment through Electrification: Scoping Study Report

Event: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia

Exploring Factors that Enhance and Restrict Women’s Empowerment through Electrification: Scoping Study Report

30 March 2016

Author / Speaker:

Tanja Winther, University of Oslo - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Debajit Palit, The Energy and Resources Institute - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Mini Govindan, The Energy and Resources Institute - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Margaret Matinga, ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Kirsten Ulsrud, University of Oslo - Other materials by the author

Karina Standal, University of Oslo - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Anjali Saini, Seacrester Consulting - Other materials by the author

Henry Gichungi, Seacrester Consulting - Other materials by the author

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This report examines how policy and practice may enhance women’s empowerment though electrification in rural areas in the South. It presents the results of a desk study in which empirical literature on women’s empowerment from electrification and international initiatives and national electricity policies in Kenya, India, and Nepal are studied.

Geographical Focus:

Regional - Africa

Subregional- South Asia

India

Nepal

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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