{"id":18,"date":"2025-01-02T15:49:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:47:04","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise Energy Solidarity &#8211; Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"bde-section-18-105 bde-section\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n  <div class=\"section-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-columns-18-106 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-18-107 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"bde-heading-18-111 bde-heading\">\nTackling energy vulnerability among women<br>\n<\/h1><div class=\"bde-fancy-divider-18-231 bde-fancy-divider\">\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"bde-fancy-divider__separator   \">\n  \t  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div 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class=\"bde-rich-text-18-116 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>Available data (while sparse) suggest that, across the EU, rates of energy poverty are 3 to 4 times higher among households in which women alone manage resources \u2013 including energy<span class=\"fontstyle0\">. Often, this reflects how current economic and social systems fail to acknowledge or take account of their unique needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-18-235 bde-column\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-236 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><strong>Women in Solidarity for Energy (WISE)<\/strong> aims to launch an EU-wide movement to better understand and meet the energy needs of the most vulnerable citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-18-302 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-18-303 bde-heading\">\nTargeting extreme rates of energy vulnerability<br>\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-div-18-304 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-18-305 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-text-18-306 bde-text\">\nAgainst an EU average of 8-10% of households being in situations of energy vulnerability, among single women, the rates skyrocket. Estimates suggest that 31% of all single women cannot afford to keep their homes adequately comfortable or fall behind on paying energy bills.  Narrow the focus to single mothers and the share jumps to 44%.<br><br>When using the term \u2018single women\u2019, WISE recognises that it is less than ideal to capture \u2018who\u2019 these women are. They might be one of the following.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-18-354 bde-div\" data-entrance=\"slideRight\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-advancedslider-18-332 bde-advancedslider image-slider\">\n<div class=\"breakdance-swiper-wrapper\" data-swiper-id=\"332\">\n  <div class=\"swiper\">\n    <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"bde-advancedslide-18-333 bde-advancedslide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"advanced-slider__slide\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-18-343 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iStock-1409836962_young-woman-energy-bill_PH_Visions.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iStock-1409836962_young-woman-energy-bill_PH_Visions.jpg 1254w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/iStock-1409836962_young-woman-energy-bill_PH_Visions-300x200.jpg 300w, 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   <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"bde-advancedslide-18-309 bde-advancedslide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"advanced-slider__slide\">\n  <h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-311 bde-heading\">\nUniversity students or young workers\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-312 bde-text\">\nliving away from home for the first time, and just learning about energy bills, renter\u2019s rights and absentee landlords.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-advancedslide-18-313 bde-advancedslide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"advanced-slider__slide\">\n  <h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-315 bde-heading\">\nSingle mothers\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-316 bde-text\">\nwho need to juggle the intense pressures of earning a living with caring for young children. \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-advancedslide-18-317 bde-advancedslide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"advanced-slider__slide\">\n  <h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-319 bde-heading\">\nElderly women\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-320 bde-text\">\nwho may still be living in a family home that far exceeds their current needs, with little knowledge of how to manage or maintain its energy systems. \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-advancedslide-18-321 bde-advancedslide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"advanced-slider__slide\">\n  <h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-323 bde-heading\">\nMarginalised women\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-324 bde-text\">\nin communities that have long been denied access to a wide range of basic services that underpin health and well-being.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-advancedslide-18-325 bde-advancedslide swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"advanced-slider__slide\">\n  <h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-327 bde-heading\">\nMigrant women\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-328 bde-text\">\nwho are just discovering the reality of living in a cold climate and learning how to operate unfamiliar appliances and equipment. <br>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"swiper-button-prev\">\n            \n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"swiper-button-next\">\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-code-block-18-355 bde-code-block\">\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-18-331 bde-text\">\nWISE welcomes input as to other sub-groups that should be included in the preceding list and in its upcoming actions.   \n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-18-170 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-div-18-272 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"bde-heading-18-173 bde-heading\">\nTaking action to empower single women<br>\n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-197 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>Multiple factors, as explored in <a href=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/learn-more\/\">Learn More<\/a> contribute to the systemic injustices that undermine the health and well-being of single women and of their dependents. Most are complex and addressing them will require strategic and holistic action over the long term.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-271 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>Across 10 strategically planned <a href=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/events\/\">events<\/a>, WISE <a href=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/about\/\">Partners<\/a> aim to engage an ever-growing network of actors in the achievement of four overarching goals:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-18-289 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-18-290 bde-div\" data-entrance=\"flipUp\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-291 bde-heading\">\nRaise awareness of the situation of single women\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-292 bde-text\">\namong the general public and decision-makers.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-18-293 bde-div\" data-entrance=\"flipUp\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-294 bde-heading\">\nEducate single women\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-295 bde-text\">\nabout energy in general and, more specifically, their energy rights.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-18-296 bde-div\" data-entrance=\"flipUp\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-297 bde-heading\" data-entrance=\"flipUp\">\nCo-develop solutions\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-298 bde-text\">\nby engaging affected women and a wider range of relevant actors. \n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-18-299 bde-div\" data-entrance=\"flipDown\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-300 bde-heading\">\nEnable other groups\n<\/h3><div class=\"bde-text-18-301 bde-text\">\nto join the movement by making resources available in multiple languages.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-408 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>In its first four months, WISE drew more than 250 people from ~20 EU countries to its first two activities: a) creating WISE National Collectives to lead local action; and b) organising a Pan-European Conference.<\/p>\n<p>WISE anticipates a rapid multiplier effect as it advances collective action to make more resources available in diverse languages and then to raise awareness and deliver services to target women.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section><section class=\"bde-section-18-273 bde-section\">\n              \n  \n  \n\t\n\n  <div class=\"section-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><h2 class=\"bde-heading-18-276 bde-heading\">\n\u2018Solidarity\u2019 as a central theme \n<\/h2><div class=\"bde-text-18-286 bde-text\">\nIn line with definitions proposed by the Community Energy for Energy Solidarity project and others, WISE considers energy solidarity to encompass:\u00a0\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-div-18-409 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-287 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Collective action by diverse individuals and\/or entities to overcome energy-related adversity as experienced by one or more parties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-410 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Such actions should seek to enhance social justice while also building empathy for those whose lives are already constrained by systemic injustices. It implies a sustained commitment that may involve equitably distributing costs incurred in the pursuit of a shared goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-18-416 bde-text\">\nThe Project adopts energy solidarity as a core principle based on the value it can bring across three areas:\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-columns-18-383 bde-columns\"><div class=\"bde-column-18-385 bde-column\" data-entrance=\"slideUp\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-18-388 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-18-390 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-03.png\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-03.png 391w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-03-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-03-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\"><h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-391 bde-heading\">\nCreating Community\n<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-code-block-18-412 bde-code-block divider\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-18-393 bde-text\">\nMany single women in energy vulnerability are also negatively affected by social isolation. Engaging local actors and citizens in tackling energy poverty can boost their psychological well-being and reduce the burden of needing to be completely self-sufficient.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-18-394 bde-column\" data-entrance=\"slideUp\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-18-395 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-18-396 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-02.png\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-02.png 390w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-02-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-02-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\"><h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-397 bde-heading\">\nDelivering 'quick wins'\n<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-code-block-18-413 bde-code-block divider\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-18-399 bde-text\">\nTackling energy poverty is a complex and resource-intensive process that takes time. Small actions in the near term can reduce some of the impacts of energy poverty while also building trust between those affected and the actors who hold responsibility for eliminating social injustices.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-column-18-400 bde-column\" data-entrance=\"slideUp\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bde-div-18-401 bde-div\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bde-image2-18-402 bde-image2\" src=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-01.png\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-01.png 391w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-01-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/ICONS_landing-page-01-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\"><h3 class=\"bde-heading-18-403 bde-heading\">\nFostering co-creation of relevant solutions\n<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-code-block-18-414 bde-code-block divider\">\n\n\n\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-18-407 bde-text\">\nToo often, policy makers and other actors implement actions that do not reflect what women most need. Solidarity aims to empower women in decision-making processes.\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"bde-rich-text-18-411 bde-rich-text breakdance-rich-text-styles\">\n<p>To find out how to join the WISE movement \u2013 as an individual, an organisation or a funder or in-kind contributor \u2013 explore the options under <a href=\"https:\/\/wise-energy-solidarity.eu\/bg\/ways-to-engage\/\">Ways to Engage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tackling energy vulnerability among women Available data (while sparse) suggest that, across the EU, rates of energy poverty are 3 to 4 times higher among households in which women alone manage resources \u2013 including energy. Often, this reflects how current economic and social systems fail to acknowledge or take account of their unique needs. 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