Women's energy entrepreneurship

The Clean Energy Solutions Center and the Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) International initiatives, in partnership with the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET), are hosting this webinar as the fifth in a six-part webinar series on Gender Equality for a More Rapid and Inclusive Energy Transition. The webinar spotlighted the data and evidence base around women's entrepreneurship in the energy sector that participants can use to inform policy and program design going forward.

Presentations highlighted findings related to:

• Strengthening the Women’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem within the Energy Sector (report)
• Practical Strategies to Catalyse Women-Led Access-to-Energy Ventures in India (report)
• Women’s entrepreneurship, enterprise and financing supports, and productive uses of energy in West Africa
• The IFC’s Energy2Equal program efforts to advance women’s entrepreneurship through corporate supply chains and community engagement and investment strategy.

Panelists

• Allie Glinski, International Center for Research on Women
• Mathieu Dalle, Energy for Impact
• Anne Njambi Kabugi, International Finance Corporation
• Caroline McGregor, moderator