Gender Equality and Renewables in the Mekong

This white paper, authored by the Stockholm Environment Institute for the USAID Clean Power Asia programme, assesses the intersection of gender equality and renewable energy in the Lower Mekong countries and other ASEAN member states. It highlights a gap between national gender equality commitments and their application within technical sectors like energy.

• While renewable energy options are increasing in the region, governments generally lack clear policies and incentives for their adoption, despite having established long-term targets.
• Renewable energy development in the region is primarily driven by the private sector, with hydropower and solar energy seeing growth, while wind power and biomass remain smaller in scale.
• There is a disconnect between gender equality and renewable energy policies; although national governments have made gender equality commitments, these do not extend sufficiently into technical sectors such as energy, leaving women's roles in the energy transition unclear.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). Gender Equality and Renewables in the Mekong. https://www.sei.org/publications/gender-equality-renewables-mekong/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Gender Equality and Renewables in the Mekong. 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/gender-equality-renewables-mekong/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017gender, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Gender Equality and Renewables in the Mekong}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/gender-equality-renewables-mekong/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }