Highlights
- The energy transition presents an opportunity to enhance women's contributions to the energy sector and transform energy's impact on women into a more positive, just and inclusive one.
- ASEAN has endorsed the new theme of the ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026-2030 of “Advancing Regional Cooperation in Ensuring Energy Security and Accelerating Decarbonisation for a Just and Inclusive Energy Transition”. Mainstreaming gender as part of a just and inclusive strategy requires sex-disaggregated data. It is crucial to identify and address the development gaps towards a more gender-responsive energy sector.
- Sex-disaggregated data can help policymakers understand the different needs, experiences, and priorities of men and women in relation to the energy sector. This is essential for creating well-informed and gender-responsive policies while avoiding unintended negative consequences, especially for women. By highlighting women's contributions and challenges, it raises awareness of their role in the energy transition, fostering greater opportunities for women and a more inclusive, equitable energy future.
- Based on leading studies, there are several key gender data categories to be collected and monitored, not limited to the following: 1) Education, 2) Recruitment and Workforce, 3) Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion, 4) Decision-making, and 5) Energy Infrastructure and Access.
- This brief proposes to complement the existing regional energy database, which ACE is tasked with as a knowledge hub, that includes sex-disaggregated data of the above categories to assist policy and decision-makers in implementing a just and inclusive energy transition in ASEAN.