About the project
The EFEWEE project aims to examine how women's opportunities and empowerment are affected by:
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The choice and design of technological system, with a specific focus on comparing grid/centralized and decentralized solutions for electricity supply
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Ownership and management of the systems
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The process of electrification
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Socio-cultural factors and practices (e.g., gender ideologies, roles and relations, household finances, poverty, etc.)
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Policy, regulations, and financing schemes
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International actors, development partners, and non-governmental/civil society
The research is organized into the following six work packages
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Project management
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Literature review and research design
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Empirical case studies in India, Kenya, and Nepal
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Field survey
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Synthesis
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Dissemination, stakeholder engagement, and recommendations
Duration: 2015–2018
Objectives
By examining these issues for various types of interventions in India, Kenya and Nepal, the project team intends to provide an analytical comparison of the processes, technologies, and contextual factors that come into play in electrification in terms of how they condition women's degree of Empowerment.
Financing
The research is financed by DIFD, UK. It is organised by the ENERGIA Gender and Energy Research Programme Framework through a five-year Sub-Programme "Gender and Sustainable Energy for All" which aims to build the evidence base for improving the effectiveness of energy interventions by taking a gender approach. Taking a gender approach in policy and action is regarded as necessary in order to achieve the target of universal access to energy by 2030.
Cooperation
A research project at SUM, University of Oslo (Norway) / TERI (India) / Seacrester Consulting (Kenya) / Dunamai Energy (Malawi).