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This reflection calls for contextualising the energy constraints faced by women in the informal street food sector in Africa. Drawing on the paper by Diouf et al., which points to the prevalence of a range of different scenarios in urban Africa and the need for policies to reflect their local situations, this reflection presents three problem scenarios of gender inequality in respect of energy access and their logical policy implications.
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Romijn, H.A. (2020). Reflection on “Energy Transition and Gender in the Informal Street Food Sector in Africa”. In: Clancy, J., Özerol, G., Mohlakoana, N., Feenstra, M., Sol Cueva, L. (eds) Engendering the Energy Transition. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43513-4_10
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