EUWES News & Events
ONA VE and Focus Join Forces to Empower Women in STEM and Energy
On January 29, 2025, the environmental NGO Focus and the ONA VE Association hosted an inspiring gathering at Ruska dača in Ljubljana. The meeting spotlighted practical lessons and good practices for empowering women in STEM and the energy sector. The event marked the...
Slovenia – Female Students Tackle Gender Stereotypes in Vocational Choices
On January 8th, 2025, Focus held a workshop at the High School for Construction, Geodesy, and Environmental Protection in Ljubljana. Following previous workshops at the Waldorf School in Ljubljana and Gimnazija Celje, this workshop at the High School for Construction,...
Slovenia – Shaping inclusive energy futures: Training on gender mainstreaming in energy policies
On Friday, October 25, 2024, a training session titled Gender Mainstreaming in the Design and Implementation of Energy Policies was held online. Organized by the Focus Association for Sustainable Development, the event attracted energy policy and decision-makers from...
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...