Fuelling women’s empowerment? An exploration of the linkages between gender, entrepreneurship and access to energy in the informal food sector

This interdisciplinary review paper explores linkages between access to energy, women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship. This will be discussed in the context of the informal food sector. Despite expectations that access to energy for productive uses empowers women by enabling them to generate an income, women in developing countries face a range of barriers when establishing and operating enterprises, including access to energy.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316748770_Fuelling_women’s_empowerment_An_exploration_of_the_linkages_between_gender_entrepreneurship_and_access_to_energy_in_the_informal_food_sector