Integrating Gender in Energy Provision Case Study of Bangladesh

Integrating Gender in Energy Provision Case Study of Bangladesh

Energy sector projects and women's empowerment are crucial to poverty reduction efforts, sustainable development, and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Energy-related issues are often assumed to be gender neutral. However...

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Main Authors:	Berthaud, Alexandre, Delescluse, Aude, Deligiorgis, Dina, Kumar, Kabir, Mane, Sunanda, Miyamoto, Satoshi, Ofosu-Amaah, Waafas, Storm, Lara, Yee, Myla
Format:	ESMAP Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE AIR CANCER CAPITAL FORMATION CHILD MORTALITY CLIENT COUNTRIES COAL CONSERVATION DECISION MAKING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DISEASES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC IMPACTS EDUCATION EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICIES ENERGY PRODUCTION ENERGY SOURCES ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EROSION FAMILIES FARMS FEMALE LITERACY FEMALE POPULATION FIELD RESEARCH FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SECURITY GENDER GENDER &AMP; DEVELOPMENT GENDER ANALYSES GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER DISPARITIES GENDER EQUALITY GENDER FRAMEWORK GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER MAINSTREAMING GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER PLANNING GENDER RELATIONS GENDER ROLES GENDER TRAINING GIRLS HEALTH HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH PRACTICES HEALTH STATUS HOUSEHOLD TASKS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUNGER IMMUNIZATION INTEGRATION INTERNATIONAL DONORS LAWS LEISURE ACTIVITIES LEISURE TIME LIVELIHOODS LIVESTOCK MALARIA MEDIA MORBIDITY MORTALITY MOTIVATION NEGATIVE EFFECTS PARTNERSHIP PETROLEUM POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR WOMEN POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRODUCTIVITY PROJECTS QUALITY OF LIFE RADIO RAPE SAFETY SAP SEXES SMOKE SMOKING SOLAR ENERGY STATUS OF WOMEN SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOBACCO UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WATER HEATERS WELLBEING WHO WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT WOOD WORKPLACE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/07/5215825/integrating-gender-energy-provision-case-study-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18856

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Summary:	Energy sector projects and women's empowerment are crucial to poverty reduction efforts, sustainable development, and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Energy-related issues are often assumed to be gender neutral. However, energy scarcity can have disproportionately negative effects on women in the developing world. A large proportion of the world's poorest are women, and approximately 70 percent of the energy sources in developing countries come from biomass fuels, which are overwhelmingly the responsibility of women. Historically, this link has not been acknowledged in energy planning and projects, whether governmental or nongovernmental. Similarly, energy as a crucial input to other sectors, such as agriculture, has a myriad of implications when analyzed through a gendered lens with respect to specific times and places. Approaching energy planning in a manner that accounts for changing gender relations can do much to transform the situation of women and their relations to men.