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Gender and Wood Energy in Asia - Regional Expert Consultation

Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia - GCP/RAS/154/NET

Year of publication 1995

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 122

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Gender issues refer to the role and position of women, but also to other groups in society like children and elderly people. Such groups often face specific problems with respect to the production and use of woodfuels. However, gender considerations have still not been institutionalised in the overall planning and general policy making for wood energy. RWEDP has taken up this challenge together with its members. At the Expert Consultation on "Gender and Wood Energy in Asia" in Chiang Mai, June 1995, policy makers of member countries reviewed relevant gender analysis tools. It was probably the first time high-level policy makers from both the forestry and the energy sectors have jointly discussed gender issues. They also discussed how to institutionalise a gender approach in their respective organisations. The consultations went beyond simply raising awareness, as they focused on how gender issues can be operationalised with respect to wood energy development. The delegates adopte d a highly professional approach which aimed at increasing the effectiveness of interventions and policies in wood energy development. As such, they went a few steps further than re-iterating popular statements on gender gaps. The meeting provided a conceptual framework to assist in the process of integrating gender issues into wood energy policies. It also addressed the task of training staff from the forestry and wood energy sectors.

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