Adeen Jawad Qazi

Adeen received the B.Eng. (Hons.) degree in software engineering from National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2022.

She is currently pursuing the Ph.D degree with the Research Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling, Coventry University, England, United Kingdom. 

• Transdisciplinary Research
• Renewable Energy Impact
• AI for Sustainability
• Gender-Sensitive Policies
• Technical Innovations

My vision is to harness the potential of renewable energy and artificial intelligence to promote gender equality and sustainable development in marginalized communities. By implementing innovative solutions and inclusive policies, I aim to empower individuals, foster resilience, and contribute to the overall progress and well-being of these communities.

Project Title: Beyond Cookstoves and Solar Lanterns: the role of renewable energy interventions in addressing gender inequality in displaced settings

Despite progress on measures to improve gender equality, women and young girls are disproportionately impacted by humanitarian crises. In addition to increased exposure and risk of sexual violence, displaced women and young girls must contend with inequality in accessing information, decision-making and economic opportunities at local and governmental levels. Renewable energy interventions providing affordable and clean energy for displaced people could be instrumental in reducing inequities. However, by concentrating on energy inventions traditionally associated with women and the domestic space, such as cookstoves, as a means of reducing gender inequality, humanitarian agencies are limiting the potential of less visible but more gender-responsive energy interventions. By taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws upon methods from social science, computer science, and humanitarian engineering, this project aims to identify the factors that facilitate energy interventions having a greater positive impact on camp-based refugee women in Rwanda. In producing design protocols that explicitly challenge practices that entrench gender inequality, the research outcomes will support the transition of women and young girls from recipients to equal participants at every stage of energy system design, implementation, data gathering and performance evaluation, which will enable future energy interventions to be more successful and accessible for all.