Women in Energy

Prioritizing the role of women in building clean and decarbonized economies across Latin America and the Caribbean

From our Editorial Team

Why women working in the energy sector will play a vital role in LAC’s economic recovery Even before COVID-19, the promise of full gender equality remained unfulfilled in Latin America and the Caribbean despite the fact that women in the labor force improves competitiveness. By one analysis from McKinsey & Company, published prior to the […]

New IDB report on gender-smart climate finance and infrastructure in the Caribbean

A new report by the IDB  aims to provide an overview of the gender and climate resilience nexus in the Caribbean and provide gender-inclusive recommendations for climate resilience programs in the region.   Source

2021 is here. We want to know, how can we support you?

From our Editorial Team

Few among our number will be sorry to put 2020, an undeniably challenging year, behind us. At the outset, in particular, the prognosis looked grim. Economies across our region were in a state of existential crisis, and unemployment was rife. Clean energy, we feared, might be relegated to the back burner, crowded out in the […]

In the Caribbean, climate change is a gender issue

Caribbean countries are vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. For women in the region who already face social inequalities and make up 70 percent of the poor, climate change will only exacerbate disparities.   Source

Caribbean Clean Energy: A Reality Check

From our Editorial Team

A powerhouse line-up of women leaders, representing islands across the Caribbean and Hawaii, gave their perspectives on a broad scope of Caribbean clean energy topics including how Covid has impacted the energy transition, the impact on project pipelines and how policymakers and multilaterals are responding. This discussion took place during a webinar on Wednesday, October […]

Case study on gender-responsive geothermal sector in El Salvador

A report published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Global Gender Office highlights the positive impacts of LaGeo’s strategies surrounding gender equality and development goals. LaGeo is a geothermal energy utility in El Salvador. Through its management structures, institutional policies and use of corporate social responsibility, it has increased its company’s gender equality […]