Advocating for Gender Equity and Social Inclusion in Access and Utilization of Green and Inclusive Energy in Zimbabwe- HIVOS Southern Africa
Climate Change and Renewable Energy | 04 Apr 22
Advocating for Gender Equity and Social
Inclusion in Access and Utilisation of Green and Inclusive Energy in Zimbabwe
project. In this project the proposed intervention is three-pronged, taking its cue from two dimensions identified in the NEP
(2012), namely ensuring that “the challenge of gender equality in the energy
sector becomes a visible and key concern at the policy level”, and ensuring
that “all energy interventions create opportunities for women’s empowerment and
gender equality at the program level”. This entailed influencing national-level policies and strategies through revitalising the critical mass of gender
activists through a network (GENEZ) to articulate the issues as a collective
and in relevant spaces. Capacity building on contemporary gender and energy
issues in Zimbabwe shall be undertaken, coupled with tools for advocating for
these issues at a national and local level, depending on the mandates of the
collective. It focused on strengthening advocacy with
relevant government structures, through a series of dialogues on different
dimensions related to gender and renewable energies. This includes the production
of technical papers (policy briefs, opinion pieces), designed to support
knowledge production for the technocrats on the subject.