Women and the Energy Sector: Gender Inequality and Sustainability in Production and Consumption

ISBN-13: 9783031430909 / Angielski

Natalia Rocha Lawton; Cynthia Forson

Spis treści

Chapter 1 - Introduction- Natalia Rocha Lawton and Cynthia Forson, Complex Intersections: reflection on the intersection on Energy, gender identities and inequality

 

Part 1 - The institutional and organisational barriers that limit the participation of women in energy planning, representation, production, gender inequality in energy access and justice.

 

Chapter 2- Bharath Jairaj and Pamli Deka, Can Renewable Energy Jobs help reduce Poverty amongst women in India? 

 

Chapter 3- Debajit Palit, Mini Govindan and Rashmi Murali, Women’s Empowerment through Electrification: What is the evidence from South Asia.

 

Chapter 4- Jesse Salah Ovadia, Addressing Gender Inequality Through Procurement: Local Content in Tanzania’s Emerging Gas Industry.

 

Chapter 5- Ana-María Mahecha-Groot, María Laura Rojas Vallejo, Natalia Daza-Niño, Kerstin Manuela Mohr, Silvia Rojas-Castro and Kathrin Meyer, Gender-Responsive Climate Policy as a necessary tool for just transition

 

Chapter 6- Kathlen Schneider, ‘How to build a gender balanced solar sector workforce and what would be the consequences on the energy transformation process? – The Brazilian context’

 

Part 2 - Complexities in the energy policies transitions, gender inequalities and communities.

 

Chapter 7- May Thazin Aung and Michael Boyland, ‘Realising just and equitable transitions in Southeast Asia’

 

Chapter 8- Antonia Proka, ‘Engendering the energy transition: inspiring examples of women-led renewable energy communities in Europe’

 

Chapter 9- Helen Roby, The developing roles for women in a changing energy sector UK

 

Chapter 10- Katharina Habersbrunner, ‘Gender just energy communities – a catalyst for sustainable and just development’

Chapter 11- Katrin Lammers, Zakia Soomauroo, Ulli Lich, Camille Belmin, Martha M. Hoffmann ‘Voices Unheard: Towards equality in the face of climate change’

 

Part 3- Intersectional approach on energy, inequality and diverse identities

 

Chapter 12-  Imeh Ituen-    Inequality in energy transitions: Why race matters/ Energy transitions for racial justice 

 

Chapter 13- Natalia Rocha Lawton and Cynthia Forson-    The hidden face of the energy reforms: an intersectional analysis about different overlapping identities

O autorze

Natalia Rocha Lawton is an Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Coventry University, UK. Her research focuses on the social implications of economic deregulation of the energy sector on employment relations, gender and diversity.

Cynthia Forson is Reader in Human Resource Management and Director of External Engagement in West Africa at Lancaster University, UK, and based in Ghana. Her research focuses on gender inequality in the labour market and organisations and its intersection with other strands of inequality.

Blurb

This book explores the relationship between gender inequality and the energy business, examining how gender relates to the process of producing energy, the management of energy companies, and the consumption of energy in the public and private sphere. Drawing on a wide range of examples, from Africa, South Asia, Latin America and Europe, it examines how clean energy targets can transform the experience of women in the workplace, creating new opportunities and challenges.

This book knits together a variety of voices probing continuing and emerging gender inequality in energy, from a number of perspectives, geography, energy dimensions, environment, socio-political and economic contexts. Its multidimensional approach provides a textured analysis of women’s experiences in the energy landscape, and proffers solutions for addressing the universality, yet contextually disparate impacts, of patriarchy and its intersections with another strands of inequality. It will be of great interest to practitioners and academics working on energy capitalism, energy production, consumption, public policy and gender studies.  

Natalia Rocha Lawton is an Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour at Coventry University, UK. Her research focuses on the social implications of economic deregulation of the energy sector on employment relations, gender and diversity.

Cynthia Forson is Reader in Human Resource Management and Director of External Engagement in West Africa at Lancaster University, UK, and based in Ghana. Her research focuses on gender inequality in the labour market and organisations and its intersection with other strands of inequality.