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Gender-smart energy investment: A how-to
Practical steps to embed gender in energy projects.
Gender-smart energy investment: A how-to
Practical steps to embed gender in energy projects.
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Gender, Energy & Extractives
Advancing equity and justice in energy decisions — from leadership representation to community rights in resource-rich regions.
An inclusive transition is a just transition.
Equity is not optional.
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Tracking representation and pathways for women in the energy sector.
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How national energy strategies are (and aren’t) accounting for gender gaps.
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Land, consent and benefit-sharing in mining and resource-extraction zones.
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Training and hiring pipelines widening who benefits from new energy jobs.
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Q&A: Building the pipeline for women engineers in solar
A sector veteran on what's changing — and what still isn't.
Mining communities push for a bigger say in benefit-sharing deals
Consent and compensation frameworks are being renegotiated across resource-rich regions.
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A review of policy frameworks across ten African countries.
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