Promoting gender equity and women’s empowerment in electric utilities

Profiles of 3 utilities that have undertaken measures to improve employment prospects for women in the power sector

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 30 November 2018

• Country: Jordan, North Macedonia, Nigeria
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Economic Growth, Infrastructure, Social Change
• Authors: Baldinger, P

Abstract

While the power sector workforce has always been overwhelmingly male, increasing the number of women was identified as a common programmatic trend of international donors in an earlier Energy Insight published by EEG. In order to better understand how energy institutions are diversifying their workforces and what challenges they face, this paper provides profiles of three electric utilities that have been undertaking efforts to improve gender equity in the workplace: Electric Distribution Company (EDCO) of Jordan, EVN Macedonia, and Eko Electricity Distribution PLC (EKEDC) in Nigeria. Each utility participated in the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Engendering Utilities programme from 2015 to 2018.

This research is part of the Energy and Economic Growth Applied Research Programme

Citation

Pamela Baldinger (2018) Promoting gender equity and women’s empowerment in electric utilities. EEG Energy Insight Series

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Promoting gender equity and women’s empowerment in electric utilities

Published 30 November 2018