AMMAN — Women
have an instrumental role in the evolution of the energy sector worldwide,
although it is being downplayed, a German official said.
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Birgit Schwenk,
director-general for Climate Action at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic
Affairs and Energy, spoke Thursday, addressing a conference on ways to
reinvigorate women’s role.
“The role of
women who are driving the transformation in the energy sector at national and
international level has long been downplayed,” she said.
“Since women
make up half of the world’s population and half of all energy consumers,
ignoring their needs, perspectives and knowledge is no longer an option,”
Schwenk told the attendees.
The conference
is held within the framework of The Smarter E, Europe’s largest platform for
the energy sector.
“We cannot
afford to neglect this enormous potential for the transformation of the global
energy system,” she said. “Instead, it is necessary to remove barriers that are
impeding women’s professional prospects, and to make their voices heard in the
respective international forums.”
Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, member of the Board of the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), one of the two
organizations hosting the conference, asserted that global energy transition
‘’needs greater involvement by women”.
“At GIZ, we are
committed to achieving this,” she said. She explained that could be
accomplished through bilateral energy partnerships, where women are supported
for taking management positions in the renewable energy sector.
She said she hoped
the conference will “inspire women, motivate them and help them network with
each other, so that they can contribute their expertise to the energy sector
and move the transformation forward.”
Simone Peter, president of the German
Renewable Energy Federation, said a transition in the energy sector needs to be
accelerated around the world “due to the worsening climate crisis, as well as
the cost and supply crisis of fossil fuels”.
To that end,
“the framework conditions for the energy transition must be combined with
strategies for promoting gender diversity and equality”, she said, adding that
this was the reason “we are very proud to be hosting the first-ever ‘Women
Energize Women’ conference in 2022 in Munich”.
The conference
concentrates on women from all over the world, with a particular focus on
developing and emerging economies. Germany has concluded energy partnerships
with Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia.
The energy partnership
and dialogue with more than 20 countries is key to the federal government’s
energy policy abroad. It constitutes a global, steadily growing and valuable
network that connects Germany with countries striving to achieve a
transformation of their energy systems.
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