This side event will showcase a success story of how Agrovoltaics, a clean energy technology innovation has been successfully adapted to a marginalised rural society of a Least Developed Country, to resolve food security, creating green jobs for women that has led to gender equality and rural women’s empowerment , while mitigating the impacts of climate change. It will also discuss the learnings and challenges and the enablers required in terms of policy and intersectional collaboration to replicate and scale to other regions.