From Dec 17-21, 2021, HEDERA Sustainable Solutions, IMPACT-R and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, together with EnDev GIZ Ethiopia, are organizing a workshop / online seminar "Women Empowerment through Energy Access" as a deep dive into these subject in intersection with climate change adaptation, mainly focusing on improved cooking solutions. With the aim of translating the needs of ICS Suppliers and households to the policy sector, and identifying the gaps between programs and rural realities, we look forward to discussing aroung the subjects: adoption, traditions, aspirations, willingness to pay of households & financing, industralization and formalization of small and medium enterprises. For this, we will gather key experts in the field and invite them to share from their expertise their view on what does it mean women empowerment, from which lens should it be addressed and how can efforts being put together to foster it. The results of these workshop will be gathered for recommendations for the Ethiopian energy sector, based as well from inputs from experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa.