Dr. Sheila Oparaocha, has over 26 years of experience working at the intersectionality of gender equality, women empowerment and energy access and the recipient of the 2021 of the Carnot Prize. As the Executive Director of the ENERGIA International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, since 1999, she has initiated, developed, and led numerous programs on the institutionalizing of gender transformative approaches in the energy sector in developing countries, specifically in the areas of women entrepreneurship development, gender mainstreaming in energy access projects and (sub) national energy policies, international policy advocacy, research and evidence development, network building and knowledge management. Sheila is the co-chair of the Technical Advisory Group for the Sustainable Development Goal 7 convened by UNDESA; co-facilitator of the multi-stakeholder Gender and Energy Compact hosted by UNIDO, and a member of the Steering Committee of the Health and Energy Platform for Action and the High-Level Coalition on Energy and Health that operates under the auspices of WHO.
Sheila Oparaocha
