ABSTRACT
The emerging narrative on ‘just transition’ and ‘energy ethics’ advocating equitable balance in distribution and recognition clearly identifies the meaningful role women play as change agents along multiple segments of the energy value chain. In this chapter, we draw on studies undertaken in three different states of India – Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra to assess the efforts of the governments as well as non-government agencies to incorporate women into the supply side of the modern energy value chain such as – project conceptualisation, formulation, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. The study identifies the contextual challenges and documents some of the best practices of gender and social inclusion, identified during the study in electricity and clean cooking energy sectors. Based on the findings of the studies, we discuss what it would take for a comprehensive gender mainstreaming strategy and for practical implementation steps that international agencies, donors, policymakers, and project implementers could follow within the broader framework of energy ethics in order to strengthen the delivery and use of energy products and services in a just transition.
