welcome to EUWES
Empowering Underrepresented Women
in the Energy Sector
Launching a EU funded project to reverse the underrepresentation of women in the energy sector.
What is EUWES
A groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the underrepresentation of women in the energy sector has commenced with the successful kick-off meeting of the project “Empowering Underrepresented Women in the Energy Sector”. This project, financed by the European Union, brings together four organizations dedicated to environmental and gender justice: DOOR, ESF, Focus and WECF. The kick-off meeting held in the city of Ljubljana last week served as a pivotal moment for project partners to come together and align their efforts towards the project objectives.
EUWES Goals
The energy sector presents a significant gender disparity, with women being greatly underrepresented. The EUWES project seeks to identify the current obstacles hindering women’s representation and to promote gender equality through the recommendation of inclusive policies and practices.
The project’s primary goal is to empower women and foster opportunities for them to actively participate and contribute in decision- making processes within the energy sector. This includes energy sector companies, energy-related committees, research and higher education organizations, and energy-established study programs.
EUWES addresses the underrepresentation of
women in the energy sector by:
Mapping and evaluating national gender policies.
Exchanging good practices and conducting training activities for women employed in the energy sector and female technical students.
Promoting advocacy campaigns and joint policy recommendations for tackling the gender gap.
The project brings together four organizations committed to transform the energy sector.
EUWES will:
Empower 200 women and 400 female students
Create 4 national support groups
Promote policy solutions among 300 key stakeholders
EUWES News
Spain: Empowering Students to Explore the Intersection of Gender and Energy Transition
As part of the EUWES project, four essential training sessions were held by project partner ESF in December 2024, focusing on integrating a gender perspective into the energy sector. These sessions targeted university students pursuing energy-related degree. First...
Call for proposal: Tipping the Scale – Increasing Gender Equality in Europe’s Energy Sector
Over the last two years, the Empowering Underrepresented Women in the Energy Sector—EUWES project has shed light on the persistent gender inequality in the energy sector across the European Union. The project consortium, led by Society for Sustainable Development...
Workshop in Croatia – Power of Choice: Girls in Energy and Other Professions
On Friday, December 13, 2024, an inspiring workshop took place at Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević Primary School in Zagreb, bringing together 6th and 8th-grade girls. The event focused on raising awareness about gender roles, stereotypes, and the importance of having the...
EUWES in Bruxelles: Addressing Gender Equality in the Energy Sector – Insights from the EUWES Project
Conference Right To Energy – panel discussion. On December 2nd at the Right To Energy conference in Brussels, project partners Katjuša Šavc (Focus) and Irene Gonzalez Pijuan (ESF) presented the EUWES project during the panel A Feminist Lens on Inclusive Energy Access...
Gender and Energy Workshops in Spain
As part of the EUWES project, four essential training sessions were held by project partner ESF in November 2024, focusing on integrating a gender perspective into the energy sector. These sessions targeted both women currently working in the energy industry and...
Discussions with students in Rijeka on the equality and gender dimension of the energy sector
On November 8 and 11, DOOR had three educational workshops with third- and fourth-year students of the Prva riječka hrvatska gimnazija high school in Rijeka, Croatia. These workshops were an opportunity for open discussions on critical topics of the EUWES project such...
Workshops at TU Darmstadt: Tackling gender disparity in STEM studies for a more inclusive energy transition
A first step in closing the gender gap in the energy transition is to address gender issues in education, before students enter the workforce in the energy sector. Aiming for Gender equality in STEM studies is a key lever to address the underrepresentation of women in...
In-person workshop in Zagreb explores gender and energy intersection
On October 29, an interactive workshop titled What Do Gender and Energy Have in Common? was held at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (FER) in Zagreb. The event, attended by six participants—all female—was particularly engaging for members of the...
Ecofeminist perspectives at a career fair – WECF at herCAREER 2024
This year’s herCAREER took place on 17 and 18 October in Munich, Germany. Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) e.V. had its own stand. The objective of WECF was to create a space where gender, feminism, and underrepresentation of WLINTA* in the energy sector are...
This project is funded by the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV-2022-GE).