The Challenge of Just Energy Transitions: Bringing in an African feminist and gender justice perspective
Call for sources, literature, stories
While there is now an abundant and rapidly growing literature on challenges of how to achieve just energy transitions, the knowledge and perspectives of women on these issues – particularly of African women – is largely missing. Women have often been on the frontlines of energy production and consumption. They are deeply affected by both lack of energy access, as well as processes of energy extraction and distribution. They have also often been leaders of organizing for gender justice in the energy and climate fields. Yet, their voices, thinking and experiences are often absent from the global debates.
To address this gap, The Shine Collab, an international organization operating in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and South Africa, along with the Institute of Development Studies based in the UK, are collaborating on a project funded by the Ford Foundation. The project aims to bring an African feminist and gender justice perspective to the global conversation on just energy transitions. We are particularly interested in
- Experiences of women on the frontlines of energy extraction and use
- Feminist analysis and perspectives of issues like energy access, climate and energy justice, especially from Africa
- The impact on women of extractives, lack of energy access and development of new energy sources (extractives, new minerals, etc)
- The role of women as actors in working towards just energy solutions and transition
- Concrete examples of women’s engagement in climate and just energy solutions
We invite you to please share sources, literature, and examples related to these themes, including
- Links to published articles and studies.
- Unpublished reports and materials from researchers, NGOs, women’s groups, etc.
- Concrete examples and case studies of women’s engagement in just energy action in Africa
Please send to tsitsi@shinecollab.org, cc to r.price@ids.ac.uk.
Thank you.