Impact of Rural Electrification on Ugandan Women Empowerment: Evidence from Micro-data

Niyonshuti Emmanuel; Kwitonda Japhet

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Impact of Rural Electrification on Ugandan Women Empowerment: Evidence from Micro-data

Niyonshuti Emmanuel, Kwitonda Japhet

Published in International Journal of Economy, Energy and Environment (Volume 7, Issue 1)

Received: 3 April 2021 Accepted: 16 April 2021 Published: 24 January 2022

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Access to electricity has been revealed to fast-track occasions for women by moving them into more profitable exercises, however whether development in financial results likewise norms from change gender standards and practices inside the family unit stays indistinct. This study analyses the linkages between electricity access and women strengthening, utilizing two waves 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 panel data from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBS). Based on Fixed Effect models, the study revealed that electricity access improves all indicators of women’s strengthening. The results showed that income and assets values are higher in Electricity users compared to Household with no access to electricity, the total hours used up in those home-based accomplishments are less for Electricity users compare to electricity non-users and electricity users are more likely to use contraception methods. This study suggests that electric energy access can be a significant for policy makers aimed improving the equity and gender equality for social transformation.

Published in	International Journal of Economy, Energy and Environment (Volume 7, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijeee.20220701.13
Page(s)	24-31
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Uganda, Rural Electrification, Micro-data, Fixed-effects, Women Empowerment

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Niyonshuti Emmanuel

African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development, Department of Energy Economics, University of Rwanda, Kigali City, Rwanda
Kwitonda Japhet

African Centre of Excellence in Energy for Sustainable Development, Department of Energy Economics, University of Rwanda, Kigali City, Rwanda

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