Women at the Heart of a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition: The Importance of Gender-Responsive Energy Policies

Women play a crucial in ensuring ASEAN’s just and inclusive energy transition. Fostering gender-responsive policies, increasing women’s participation, and ensuring equitable opportunities are critical to address structural barriers and gender biases.
Empowering Women, Powering Homes: Boosting Rooftop Solar Adoption in ASEAN Through Targeted Strategies

To significantly increase rooftop solar adoption requires targeted awareness campaigns, strategic marketing efforts, and accessible financing solutions that actively engage women as key decision-makers. Effective outreach must address their specific needs, concerns, and values, ensuring that women are not just informed but empowered participants in the shift towards clean energy. Practice has shown that women are indeed proactive agents of change and play a crucial role in decision-making. Their inclusion in rooftop solar adoption efforts is not just beneficial but necessary for driving a more inclusive and impactful energy transition.
Celebrating Progress: Women at the Forefront of ASEAN Energy Leadership

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and ACCEPT celebrates the vital contributions of women in ASEAN’s energy sector. With firsthand experience, ACE recognises how gender diversity plays a crucial role in advancing regional energy cooperation and driving a just and sustainable energy transition.
Breaking barriers, embracing change: A closer look at the Philippines’ national gender policies

The Philippines has made significant strides in gender inclusivity through policies like the Magna Carta of Women and the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Plan, ensuring equal rights and opportunities across various sectors, including energy. This blog looks into several fundamental gender policies that the Philippines have adopted, including gender mainstreaming efforts in the energy sector, which has slowly transformed the inclusivity and gender balance in the country.
Women as Energy Entrepreneurs for the ASEAN Green Economy

Amid regional uncertainties, ASEAN embraces creativity and innovation to drive progress, with women-led entrepreneurship playing a key role—especially in the energy sector—as a catalyst for inclusive and dynamic economic integration.
Closing the Gap: Strategies for Gender Inclusion in ASEAN’s Energy Blueprint

A Guide to a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition in ASEAN

Empowering Just and Inclusive Energy Transition in ASEAN: Partnership Between ACE and Oxfam
