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Gender and EnDev

Advancing Gender Equality and Women‘s Self-Empowerment through Energy Access

Equal access to energy is crucial with regards to gender equality. In line with SDG 5 (Gender equality and women’s empowerment), EnDev is striving towards gender-transformative impacts. By making energy more accessible, the practical needs of women and girls can be better addressed. The productive use of energy (PUE) in particular has the potential to increase incomes and contribute to economic self-empowerment.

EnDev’s Ambition Level

‘Leaving no one behind’ is a key element in EnDev’s strategy with a heightened focus on poor and vulnerable population groups and a specific focus on women and refugees. To further amplify its impact on gender, EnDev is now focusing on gender-transformative actions and has re-calibrated its whole project architecture to better serve and capture gender-based impacts. To that end, EnDev utilised the vast existing knowledge from the field teams and further benefitted from the strategic cooperation with the gender-network ENERGIA. The new ambition level is propelling EnDev to the forefront of international best practices in the energy access sector.

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By making energy more accessible, the practical needs of women and girls can be better addressed. ©GIZ

EnDev’s Achievements

  • No. of women and girls with access to energy

    16.9 million

  • Supported MSMEs that are women-led

    34%

  • No. of women and children with lower exposure to hazardous pollutants through clean cooking solutions

    6.9 million

  • No. of health centres which also improves essential health services for women and children

    2,880

Key Documents

  • EnDev’s Gender Strategy
    This document articulates the gender ambitions of EnDev and provides a comprehensive framework to support its effective implementation.
    Read more (EN) Read more (FR)
  • Operational Guide
    An Operational Guide that outlines best practices and ensures high-quality impacts and outcomes are achieved.
    Read more (EN) Read more (FR)
  • Factsheet
    The factsheet summarizes EnDevs ambition level in terms of gender, the gender strategy and provides an insight into different projects pioneering gender-transformative approaches.
    Read more

For further information, the Resource Pack contains important guidelines, ToRs and other documents that support the gender guideline.

Resource Pack (EN) Resource Pack (FR)

EnDev projects with gender transformative activities

  • Worldwide
    EnDev’s Gender-Transformative Approaches: A Path to more Equality
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  • Benin
    To raise awareness of gender-based violence (GBV) and its gender-specific effects, EnDev Benin organised a training session for students.
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  • Bolivia
    What happens when rural women design their own energy solutions – and a project truly listens? In Bolivia, open calls for ideas sparked a wave of innovation.
    Read more
  • Malawi
    “Now I can study with friends at night. I want to become a nurse and show other girls that we can do it.”
    Read more
  • Kenya and Senegal
    The EnDev-GCF project places a focus on empowering women by improving their access to clean cooking solutions, recognizing them as key agents of change in the transition to sustainable energy.
    Promotion of Climate-Friendly Cooking: Kenya and Senegal
  • Bangladesh
    How upskilling Santal women sparks lasting cultural shifts in clean cooking
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Impact Areas

  • Gender responsive energy access

    Priority area 1

  • Women’s economic empowerment through entrepreneurship and job creation

    Priority area 2

  • Women’s representation, voice and leadership in energy sector

    Priority area 3

  • Strengthen institutional capacity and processes on gender within EnDev and its country projects

    Priority area 4
From hardship to hope: Aloti empowers indigenous women through clean cooking in Bangladesh
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