This PWIP (Pacific women in power) baseline report aims to delineate the status of women's employment in energy utilities and ministries in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to help inform relevant entry points for improving gender diversity in the labor force, and to track progress. It does so by identifying policies and interventions relevant to promoting gender equality and by examining data on women's representation in power
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/10/22
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Pacific Women in Power: Women's Employment in the Pacific Power Sector - Baseline Report
- Pages
- 176
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 4P-Pacific Women'S Energy Employment And Empowerment Program (Pwee -- P179022
- TF No/Name
- TF0C0159-Pacific Women's Energy Employment and Empowerment Program (PWEEEP)
- Unit Owning
- Social EAP 1 (SEAS1)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- List of Tables 5
- List of Figures 6
- Abbreviations and Acronyms 9
- Acknowledgments 11
- Executive Summary 13
- Barriers to Growth Gender Inequality and Infrastructure in the Pacific Islands Energy Sector 13
- PWIP Baseline Survey Findings and Promising Initiatives 15
- Recommendations 20
- INTRODUCTION 23
- METHODOLOGY 25
- PACIFIC ENERGY 29
- The Energy Sector in PICs 31
- Labor Mobility and Retention 32
- GENDER BASELINE DATA FOR PACIFIC POWER UTILITIES 35
- Womens Representation in Pacific Power Utilities 36
- Organizational Framework 43
- Attraction Recruitment and Hiring Policies 46
- Retention Policies 48
- Advancement Policies 56
- Gender-Inclusive Procurement 59
- Community Corporate Social Responsibility and Benefit-Sharing Projects 60
- GENDER BASELINE DATA FOR PACIFIC ENERGY MINISTRIES 63
- Female Representation in Energy-Related Government Institutions 63
- Organizational Framework 63
- Attraction Recruitment and Hiring Policies 66
- Retention Policies 66
- Advancement Policies 67
- Gender-Inclusive Procurement 67
- Customer and Community Projects 68
- RECOMMENDATIONS 69
- Gender Equality Policies and Procedures 70
- School-to-Work Programs and Targeting of Women in Recruitment 72
- Appropriate Retention Policies 75
- Womens Leadership and Succession Planning 76
- Gender Safety Workplace Equipment and Facility Audits 78
- Company Gender Profile 79
- Summary of Key Recommendations 81
- REFERENCES 83
- APPENDIX A. 89
- Pacific Regional Summary 89
- Data PWIP Survey 2023 89
- APPENDIX B. 91
- Country-Level Data PWIP 91
- Survey 2023 91
- CHUUK FSM CHUUK PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATION CPUC 91
- COOK ISLANDS Te Aponga Uira 95
- FIJI ENERGY FIJI LIMITED EFL 99
- FIJI Department of Energy Ministry of Public Works Meteorological Services and Transport MPWMST 103
- KIRIBATI Kiribati Public Utilities Board PUB 107
- KOSRAE FSM Kosrae Utility Authority KUA 111
- MARSHALL ISLANDS Marshalls Energy Company MEC 115
- MARSHALL ISLANDS National Energy Office NEO 119
- NAURU Department of Climate Change National Resilience DCCNR 123
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA PNG Power Limited PPL 127
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA National Energy Authority NEA 131
- POHNPEI FSM Pohnpei Utilities Corporation 135
- SAMOA Samoa Electric Power Corporation EPC 139
- SOLOMON ISLANDS SOLOMON POWER 143
- SOLOMON ISLANDS Energy Division Ministry of Mines Energy and Rural Electrification MMERE 147
- TONGA Tonga Power Limited TPL 151
- TONGA Department of Energy Ministry of Meteorology Energy Information Disaster Management Environment Climate Change and Communications MEIDECC 155
- TUVALU Tuvalu Electricity Corporation 159
- TUVALU Ministry of Energy and Transport MET 163
- VANUATU UNELCO ENGIE Vanuatu Ltd 167
- YAP FSM Yap State Public Service Corporation YSPSC 171
