of the million deaths worldwide attributed to household air pollution in percent were in asia and the pacific globally household air pollution is the secondmost important health risk factor for women and girls sixty percent of all premature deaths attributed to household air pollution occur in women and children policy interventions should urgently address the need to transition to clean energies while acknowledging the gendered dimensions of control over the allocation of resources within households the thrust of national energy polices in the asiapacific region has largely been on electrification but with almost no mention of genderbased realities particularly gender inequalities the energy sector employs considerably fewer women than men and mostly in administrative jobs