UNIDO Impact Assessment of Gender Mainstreaming in the Energy Efficiency Sector in South Africa
This assignment for UNIDO aimed to provide data and analysis to determine the contribution of the their Industrial (IIE) Energy Efficiency project in enhancing gender equality and women’s empowerment in the IEE sector in South Africa . It looked at the barriers and opportunities that women face in the sector and how the project purposefully designed measures to overcome these barriers and take advantage of opportunities for career advancement, growth and sustainability in the sector. The findings of this impact assessment aim to enable a gender-responsive and, wherever possible, gender-transformative project design and implementation for future UNIDO IEE and related projects.