Gender Mainstreaming at the Vienna Energy Forum
1,166 views · Published 12 January 2016 · 4:06 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism
The Vienna Energy Forum 2015 (VEF 2015) brought together hundreds of female and male leaders, policymakers, and energy practitioners to discuss the challenge of achieving sustainable energy, to boost economic activity, improve health and lift people out of poverty. A crucial and cross-cutting element of this forum was the focus on the energy-gender nexus. Sustainable energy and empowerment of women are mutually reinforcing as any effort to achieve the goal of sustainable and inclusive development (ISID) will remain incomplete unless women and men are included in a gender-balanced manner. Taking this into consideration, the video presents the explicit efforts that were made to gender mainstream the VEF. Focus was not only on gender balance of participants and speakers, but also on reflecting gender dimensions during panel discussions side events, marketing and advocacy material.
