{"id":162445,"date":"2024-08-26T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T10:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abd.ong\/uncategorized\/the-feminization-of-summer-energy-poverty-challenges-and-insights-in-the-cooltorise-project\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T13:48:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T11:48:51","slug":"the-feminization-of-summer-energy-poverty-challenges-and-insights-in-the-cooltorise-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abd.ong\/en\/energy-poverty\/the-feminization-of-summer-energy-poverty-challenges-and-insights-in-the-cooltorise-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Feminization of Summer Energy Poverty: Challenges and Insights in the Cooltorise Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gender inequalities span all aspects of our lives, and summer energy poverty is no exception. A year ago, on International Women\u2019s Day, the European Parliament highlighted that <\/span>mothers and single women are more likely to struggle to pay their energy bills compared to single men<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n

The reasons behind this gap include a lower median income to women and a higher prevalence of poorly paid, part-time, or precarious work.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

On the flip side, a survey conducted by the Barcelona Institute of Public Health revealed a striking disparity when it comes to maintaining a comfortable home temperature during warmer months<\/p>\n\n

86.1% of women responded with a \u201cno\u201d to the question of whether they can afford to keep their homes adequately cool, compared to only 11.3% of men. In essence, while 88.7% of men feel their homes can indeed be kept at a suitable temperature, only 13.9% of women share this perception. This overwhelming percentage underscores, at the very least, a glaring inequality in terms of subjective perception of wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n

Consequently, it highlights the increased vulnerability of women to the impacts of climate change<\/strong>, particularly in the Barcelona area where this survey was conducted, experiencing increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves in the summer as the years progress.<\/p>\n\n

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On the other hand, in their homes, women live with the contradiction of still feeling that they are primarily responsible for the wellbeing of the household, while at the same time, because of the tasks in which they have been socialised, they have the necessary tools and technical knowledge to carry out tasks such as the repair of small electrical appliances. This contradiction generates a great deal of frustration for them and requires social justice and empowerment measures to reverse it.<\/p>\n\n

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Gender inequalities in the Cooltorise project<\/h3>\n\n
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Women, especially single mothers, have been significant beneficiaries of workshops on energy culture and cooling tips organized as part of the Cooltorise<\/a> project in the area of Barcelona. However, Cooltorise goes beyond devising measures solely within the household; <\/span>interventions in public spaces<\/span><\/a> also play a role in addressing these issues, as we can see from the<\/span> outdoor interventions carried out in Espai Llavors and <\/span>Cruyff Camp Jordi Alba.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n

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