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    Gender-Inclusive Approaches in the Energy Sector

    Asian Development Bank | April 2018
    Abstract
    Low accessibility of energy resources by low-income households and disadvantaged groups (including women) exacerbates the global issues of poverty, women’s marginalization, urbanization, and population. For instance, studies have shown that as the use of traditional biomass fuel increases due to persistent lack of access to clean energy, female fertility increases, life expectancy decreases, infant and child mortality increases, and annual population growth rate increases. On the other hand, in communities where people are aware of sustainable, safe, and equitable use of energy, the patterns for energy generation, distribution, and consumption tend to be more responsible, inclusive, and efficient. This correlation between energy and social issues unravels the implications of the issue of energy poverty and underscores the need to attend to both the supply and demand sides of energy generation and distribution. Reddy defines energy poverty as “the absence of sufficient choice in accessing adequate, affordable, reliable, high-quality, safe, and environmentally benign energy services to support economic and human development.” A measure of energy poverty is one’s “inability to cook with modern cooking fuels and the lack of a bare minimum of electric lighting for reading or for other household and productive activities at sunset.”
    Citation
    Asian Development Bank. 2018. Gender-Inclusive Approaches in the Energy Sector. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8765. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
    Keywords
    Gender
    Gender Bias
    Gender Differences
    Gender Discrimination
    Gender Equality
    Gender Gaps
    Gender Inequality
    Gender Issues
    Gender Relations
    Gender Roles
    Commercial Energy
    Energy Economics
    Energy Technology
    Household Energy Consumption
    Industrial Energy Consumption
    Primary Energy
    Investment bank
    Investment policy
    Comparative Analysis
    Social Research
    Sex Discrimination
    Employment Discrimination
    Women's Rights
    Equal Opportunity
    Equal Pay
    Feminism
    Men's Role
    Women's Role
    Domestic Energy
    Energy Demand
    Energy Prices
    Energy Pricing Policy
    Energy Supply
    Primary Energy Supply
    Development Indicators
    Social Participation
    Low Income Groups
    Income Generation
    Newly Industrializing Countries
    Gender-based analysis
    Sex differences
    Job bias
    Equal employment opportunity
    Fair employment practice
    Job discrimination
    Affirmative action programs
    Sex discrimination against women
    Pay equity
    Sexism
    Equal rights amendment
    Emancipation of women
    Equal rights
    Women's movements
    Electric power
    Energy development
    Power supply
    Electric power consumption
    Price
    Consumer
    Consumption
    Supply and demand
    Electric power plant
    Power
    Energy consumption
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