National Action Plan on Policy for Gender Mainstreaming in Energy Access for the Republic of Ghana.

This National Action Plan presents the strategy of the government to comply with its obligations towards the ECOWAS Policy for gender mainstreaming in energy access, aiming at enhancing equal participation of men and women in the expansion of energy access in West Africa. Therefore, the vision of this Action Plan concerns: equal access for men, women, youth and vulnerable groups to modern energy services, in order to contribute to the economic development of the country; safe, healthy, and economically beneficial livelihood and employment opportunities in all energy sub-sectors; local development benefits and protective mechanisms for both the public and private sectors. Following the ECOWAS Policy objectives, this Action Plan focuses on targeted key actions: sensitisation of staff of Ministry of Energy and sector agencies on gender issues; creation of the gender focal unit at the Ministry of Energy; mainstreaming gender in all energy projects; increasing female access to STEM education, skills training and internship opportunities; definition and maintenance of a comprehensive monitoring and accountability framework. The Action Plan also describes the measures to implement the strategy; the legal and administrative implementation steps, including the submission of an environmental impact assessment, and projects concerning renewable energy sources, biomass and solid waste.