gender

Gender equality top priority for Caribbean Development Bank

April 8, 2020

The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has this week approved the Bank’s new Gender Equality Action Plan 2020-2024 to deepen its work on gender equality in Borrowing Member Countries and in the institution. Building on its investment in gender equality during the last decade, CDB is stepping up its gender responsiveness. […]

IRENA publishes ‘Renewable Energy: A gender perspective’ report

January 15, 2019

A report recently published by IRENA emphasised the role of women in renewable energy, and calculated that 32% of the workforce are women. This key report researched the women’s roles, as workers and decision-makers, in the global renewable energy market. Considering the previous knowledge gap on this matter, this report puts forward interesting findings. Through […]

How do we close the energy sector gender gap?

September 27, 2018

By Virginia Snyder, Energy Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank As the global power sector becomes cleaner and more technologically advanced, there is one critical area which lags: diversity and gender equality.  Globally, women represent only 20 percent of the energy sector workforce.  Across Latin America and the Caribbean, women account for only 17 percent of senior […]