… and political inequalities. For example, regarding energy poverty . Women are particularly affected as they tend … 2022 Eurofound study which looked at the ability to pay energy bills saw that close to half of the respondents who … paying their bills for the next three months. And energy poverty is just one aspect. We can’t ignore the health …
… women account for 22 % of workers in the conventional energy sector in the EU. And, globally, women represent a … under one-third (32 %) of the workforce in the renewable energy sector. Gender definitely plays a role. All the … that there will be around 29 million jobs in renewable energy by 2050. Yet the gender gap in pay and opportunities …
… aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis” , stating that due to existing gender and … due to lower income. Carlien identifies the fact that energy poverty is gendered as one of the key contributors to widening inequality. To what extent, we hardly know. Energy poverty indicators are covered at the household level …
… that over the past seven years[1], 34% of jobs created in energy transition sectors are occupied by women in the EU-27. … the green and digital transition. Looking deeper into the energy transition, let’s turn to the renewable energy sector as an example: Considerable growth has happened …
… critical and unique EIGE's efforts are to collect data on energy and transport, two key areas within the European Green … to the higher vulnerability many women face regarding energy poverty and alluded to promising practices we should … from projects focusing on clean technology and renewable energy. This is also relevant for the EU context, e.g., for …
… as well as on marginalised groups.” “Studies show that energy poverty has a female face.” “More women, especially … living alone, and single mothers, are worse affected by energy poverty. That’s due to structural inequalities like …
… Presentation: Moving towards a green and gender equal energy transition. By Blandine Mollard and Annabel Wildschut, … Index 2023: Towards a green transition in transport and energy | European Institute for Gender Equality (europa.eu) … to speech of Miguel Macias Sequeira, Researcher, EU Energy Poverty Advisory Hub, NOVA School of Science and …