The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with ENERGIA is pleased to release this publication “Gender and Energy for Sustainable Development: A Toolkit and Resource Guide” which has been designed for use development practitioners, energy planners, community groups and gender experts on ways to address energy issues at the project and policy level. This publication builds on the ongoing analysis of UNDP, ENERGIA and a host of international and national experts. Its contents can be used to enhance energy projects, gender focused projects, or indeed development projects at large. We believe projects, programmes and policies that explicitly address the gender and energy nexus will result in better outcomes in terms of the sustainability of energy services as well as the human development opportunities available to women and men.