Women play an important role in the clean energy sector but face challenges. Case studies from Yemen, Lebanon, the UAE, and Palestine show successful women entrepreneurs and leaders in solar energy. However, women face barriers to securing funding, building partnerships, and educating stakeholders. Actions to address the gender gap include strengthening international cooperation, providing targeted funding, improving access to networks, and supportive policies to promote gender equality in clean energy.
Gender challenges in clean energy sector can network
1. Gender Challenges in Clean Energy
Sector
Nouhad Awwad
Regional CAN-AW Coordinator
2. Content
1) The Importance of Women Involvement in
Energy Sector
2) Case studies of successful founders and
entrepreneurs in the solar energy
• Creative Generation
• Cooperative for agricultural production and manufacturing"
in South Lebanon
• Fatima Al-Shamsi is planning the Emirate’s future energy
strategy
• Women leading Palestine’s energy transformation
3) Barriers and Way Forward
8. Barriers
• Securing funding
• Building partnerships
• Educating stakeholders about the benefits of clean energy
technologies.
9. Actions to close the Gender Gap include:
• Strengthen the link between national and international & Building power bottom-up
approaches
• Targeted funding
• Access to networks
• Supportive policies for gender equality.
Way Forward