On the sidelines of the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women, Jeanette was invited to speak as a panelist during the “Women Leadership in Coal Transitions” event where entry points for operationalising gender in the design and implementation of energy transitions policies and projects was discussed.

Coal transitions present significant social, economic, and political challenges, and will particularly impact women. Given the pre-existent gender disparities, women are more likely to face barriers to effective participation in transition planning and decision-making, jobs and livelihoods, access to and control over assets, access to services, migration, increased gender-based violence, and social cohesion risks, among others. In the case of coal transitions, the impacts on women are typically both more severe and less visible than those on men.