EUWES News & Events
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).