Trends in Gender, Feminism and Energy Transition in the Global South

This paper examines gender, feminism and energy transition in the GlobalSouth. It aims at unravelling how discrimination against and marginalisationof the female gender has been impeding energy transition in the GlobalSouth notwithstanding the international, regional and municipal initiatives inrecent decades to combat, minimise or eradicate environmental hazards andinequality. The methodology adopted is a doctrinal analysis of both primaryand secondary sources of law. Environmental justice provides the theoreticalfoundation for the research. The research found out that, despite the manyglobal, regional and national initiatives and legal and institutionalframeworks in place to ensure that the female gender is not marginalised orleft behind in the global energy transition aimed at attaining sustainabledevelopment for all regions and nations, the females still encounter a myriadof environmental injustice in many countries in the Global South. Thisconstitutes a significant drawback to the globally well-recognised neededshift in energy consumption to renewable sources. The study thereforemakes recommendations emphasising the need and strategies to proactivelyenhance the active participation of the Global South women in the energytransition agenda, and in accordance with the provisions of the relevanttreaties and the gender equality provision in the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals 2030.