Author: tjarda muller
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From Call to Count: Gender-Responsive Energy Actions for the Final Mile
On 6 July 2026, The High-Level Political Forum side-event From Call to Count: Gender-Responsive Energy Actions for the Final Mile convened one year after the Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A Call-to-Action side event at last year’s HLPF. Bringing together Member States, United Nations entities, development partners, civil society, research institutions, and youth representatives, the…
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From Call to Count: Gender-Responsive Energy Actions for the Final Mile
An HLPF Official Side event 📅 6 July 2026🕒 11:30 – 12:45 EDT📍CR-9, UNHQ, New York🌐 In person, with Live webcasting: connect here You are cordially invited to join a high-level discussion on advancing gender-responsive energy actions at the 2026 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), contributing to the final in-depth review of SDG…
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Turning Commitments into Impact: The Gender & Energy Compact Dialogue
Under the theme “From commitment to action – Accelerating a gender-just energy transition,” the Gender & Energy Compact hosted a special Dialogue on 8 April 2026. Marking the 5-year anniversary of the Compact’s establishment, the occasion underscored the growing momentum behind advancing gender equality in energy and climate action. With four years remaining to fulfil the Sustainable Development Goal…
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COP30 Recap: Championing gender equality for a just and inclusive energy transition at COP30
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) held in Belém, Brazil, from 10 to 21 November 2025, the Gender and Energy Compact organized a series of gender-related side events, raising awareness about the need for gender equality and women’s empowerment and putting gender transformative action center stage. The Compact spotlighted gender-transformative climate and energy solutions,…
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The Gender and Energy Compact at COP30
At COP30, the Gender and Energy Compact, its champion governments and signatories will convene global stakeholders to advance gender-transformative climate and energy solutions. These events spotlight inclusive strategies, data-driven approaches, and multi-sector collaboration to accelerate equitable energy transitions—ensuring women’s empowerment is central to climate action and sustainable development goals. Events will also highlight the solutions…
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Inclusion Begins with Visibility
By Sheila Oparaocha, Director of the ENERGIA network, co-convenor of the Gender and Energy Compact The SDG7 Action Forum made one thing clear: without visibility, there is no inclusion. Women remain invisible in energy data—and that invisibility fuels inequality. To build a just energy future, we must start by seeing, counting, and empowering women as…
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Gender events at the ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum
The Gender and Energy Compact will be participating in the ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum, held alongside the UN General Assembly High-level Week. Together with our partners, we will advocate for universal energy access, gender equality, and women’s empowerment as essential drivers of a just, inclusive, and sustainable energy transition. You can join our sessions in…
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A Call for Gender Indicators in Sustainable Energy at the UN High-Level Forum
On July 17, 2025, the event “Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A Call to Action” spotlighted a critical gap in the global energy transition at the 2025 High-Level Political Forum: the absence of gender-specific indicators within the Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) framework on affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for all. The event advanced efforts…
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Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A Call to Action
Policy Brief Launch: Gender Indicators for Sustainable Energy: A Call to Action 📅 Thursday July 17, 2025 🕘 1:15 – 2:30 PM EDT 📍IN-PERSON (for HLPF attendees): UN HQ Conference Room 7 ONLINE: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12lwbnwe4 Join us for an event hosted by ESMAP and ENERGIA during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York, where we will mark…
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Women’s and Youth Leadership in the Renewable Energy Ocean Economy
As part of the 3rd UN Ocean Conference, the virtual side event “Waves of Change: Women’s and Youth Leadership in the Renewable Energy Ocean Economy” was held on 12 June 2025. Co-hosted by the Government of Cabo Verde and co-organized by UNIDO, CCREEE, the Gender and Energy Compact, and the GN-SEC, the event brought together government leaders,…