Participants or Recipients? Negotiating Gender and Energy as Empowerment in the Displaced Setting

Alison Halford

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-43091-6

Participants or Recipients? Negotiating Gender and Energy as Empowerment in the Displaced Setting

Alison Halford

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Abstract

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. Energy interventions can be instrumental in reducing inequities, but energy use and access is also highly gendered in the displaced context. Drawing upon empirical research of the experiences of Congolese refugees in Rwanda and internally displaced people in Nepal, this chapter will explore to what extent improved energy access benefits men and women equally. Discussing how women and young girls negotiate gender and energy could shift the narrative regarding refugees, particularly women and young people, from recipients to participants in energy planning, procurement, and delivery.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Women and the Energy Sector
Subtitle of host publication	Gender Inequality and Sustainability in Production and Consumption
Editors	Natalie Rocha Lawton, Cynthia Forson
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillian
Chapter	12
Pages	297-314
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-43091-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-43090-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43091-6
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2024

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Funding

The author would like to acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) for funding the Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement (HEED) project as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (EP/P029531/1). The author would like to acknowledge and thank project delivery partners Practical Action and Scene Connect for their significant role in co-ordinating in-camp activities and providing technical inputs and tools. We would also like to recognise the support of Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugees (MIDIMAR) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the contributions of the Global Plan of Action, Chatham House, and the Renewable Energy for Refugees (RE4R) Project (a partnership between Practical Action and UNHCR, supported by the IKEA Foundation).

Keywords

Humanitarian energy
Gender
Co-design protocols

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Participants or Recipients? Negotiating Gender and Energy as Empowerment in the Displaced Setting. / Halford, Alison.
Women and the Energy Sector : Gender Inequality and Sustainability in Production and Consumption. ed. / Natalie Rocha Lawton; Cynthia Forson . Palgrave Macmillian, 2024. p. 297-314.

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