“…Energy security can be defined as an "adequate, reliable and competitive supply of energy" [1] or, more in details, the provision of sufficient energy needed to meet the basic needs of daily life of the household, with minimal disruptions to supply and at an affordable price [1][2][3]. Several authors point out that low-income women and girls are disproportionately affected by energy insecurity in the Global South [4][5][6] and the lack of energy access is detrimental to achieving gender equity and empowerment of women [7]. Women and girls are usually responsible for cooking, which is often done indoors using smokeemitting paraffin and biomass and suffer from health problems associated with indoor air pollution [8].…”