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

Ecofeminist perspectives at a career fair – WECF at herCAREER 2024 

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...

Online workshop for Gender mainstreaming in energy policies

Online workshop for Gender mainstreaming in energy policies

Title: Online workshop for Gender mainstreaming in energy policies Date: November 20,2024, 10.00-11.30 CET Guaranteeing an equitable and inclusive energy transition goes beyond implementing technical and economic policies; it necessitates a comprehensive consideration...

Talking about feminist energy transition at Solarcamp Munich

Talking about feminist energy transition at Solarcamp Munich

On 7th August, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF) held a workshop at the Munich Solar Camp as part of our EUWES project. With around 15 participants, WECF focused on the social impact of the energy transition. The guiding questions were: How can the energy...

EUWES School Workshop on Gender and Energy

EUWES School Workshop on Gender and Energy

On the 19th of July, our two-hour EUWES workshop was held for one of the target groups, 21 high school students at Biberkor Montessori School in Germany. We explored how gender relates to the energy sector and what challenges and opportunities await us in the...

How does EUWES Impact Gender-Just Energy Cooperatives?

How does EUWES Impact Gender-Just Energy Cooperatives?

At the meeting of REScoop.eu Gender Power and Inclusion Working Group on July 10th, Katharina Habersbrunner from Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF e.V.) presented the activities of project ‘EUWES (Empowering Underrepresented Women in the Energy Sector)’. Despite...

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This project is funded by the European Union’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme (CERV-2022-GE).