Women play an important role in the clean energy sector but face challenges. Case studies from Yemen, Lebanon, the UAE, and Palestine show successful women entrepreneurs and leaders in solar energy. However, women face barriers to securing funding, building partnerships, and educating stakeholders. Actions to address the gender gap include strengthening international cooperation, providing targeted funding, improving access to networks, and supportive policies to promote gender equality in clean energy.

1. Gender Challenges in Clean Energy
Sector
Nouhad Awwad
Regional CAN-AW Coordinator

2. Content
1) The Importance of Women Involvement in
Energy Sector
2) Case studies of successful founders and
entrepreneurs in the solar energy
• Creative Generation
• Cooperative for agricultural production and manufacturing"
in South Lebanon
• Fatima Al-Shamsi is planning the Emirate’s future energy
strategy
• Women leading Palestine’s energy transformation
3) Barriers and Way Forward

3. Why it is
important
?
Entrepre
neurship
Connectivity
Women
empowerment
Clean
cook
stoves
Environment
Health
Livelihoods
Safety
Household
Prosperity
Rural
energy
access
Families

4. Creative Generation
This 16 old Yemeni girl
founded an organization that
creates solar powered
appliances to use during power
outages

5. Cooperative for agricultural production
and manufacturing" in South Lebanon

6. Fatima Al-Shamsi is planning the
Emirate’s future energy strategy

7. Women leading Palestine’s energy
transformation

8. Barriers
• Securing funding
• Building partnerships
• Educating stakeholders about the benefits of clean energy
technologies.

9. Actions to close the Gender Gap include:
• Strengthen the link between national and international & Building power bottom-up
approaches
• Targeted funding
• Access to networks
• Supportive policies for gender equality.
Way Forward

10. Thanks for your attention