Gender Equality in ASEAN Energy Booklet – Volume II

The “Gender Equality in ASEAN Energy – Volume II” booklet outlines women’s participation in ASEAN’s energy sector, highlighting ASEAN’s global and regional commitments to promote gender equality. It explores each ASEAN Member States’ (AMS) gender policies, key challenges, and what next steps ASEAN should take to further mainstream gender-inclusivity in the energy sector.

ASEAN Energy and Gender Report: Development Finance

The Joint Ministerial Statement of the 39th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting in 2021 reaffirmed the regional priority to enhance energy resilience and improve energy security and thereby forming a foundation for an inclusive and just energy transition.

Financing Gender-Energy Access Programmes in ASEAN

Women often get the short end of the stick in rural areas where energy access is poor. In the drive to improve energy access, directing finance to increase the participation of women in the energy sector is necessary.

Gender Participation In ASEAN’s Energy Transition

Back in June and November of 2020, leaders gathered at the ASEAN Summit to reaffirm a strong commitment in propelling the advancement of gender equality and women empowerment. Recognising that gender equality is at the heart of inclusive and sustainable development, the ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat and United Nations (UN) Women, conducted the first regional flagship publication, the ASEAN Gender Outlook.