Pre-Conference Workshop: Women in Hydropower
Women in hydropower - facts, figures and actions to progress the sector
This workshop will not only present latest data about where in hydropower women work and what they experience as females in a male-dominanted working place; it will explain why it is so important to grow the share of women in the sector, and also present role models plus provide for exchange with the audience. This will include gender-related perspectives, gained over years from women in the sector and how they built their individual career paths.
Participants will be able to get an overview on the current status of women in the sector and get insights into practical gender work in various organizations of the industry. They will also learn about possible action based on sets of recommendations from the ESMAP-World Bank study report on gender in hydropower. A view on the variety of options on how to get encouragement and support from specific mentoring programs, build a career, and find and join women networks will add up to the experience reports of highly-motivated and competent women from the sector.
Speakers and presenters will be announced shortly.
The workshop will be guided and facilitated by
Barbara Fischer-Aupperle, coach, mentor, and speaker, Co-founder and Board Member of GWNET – the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition. With a background of 33+ years in sales, communications and sustainability in the hydropower industry, she has been involved in the Development of the Hydropower Sustainability Standard as well as the ESMAP World Bank study
