scholarly journals Muslim Women’s Entrepreneurship in Conflict Zones: Religiosity, Culture, and Gender Egalitarianism

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
pp. 13878
Author(s):  
Doaa Althalathini ◽  
Haya Al-Dajani ◽  
Nikolaos Apostolopou
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Gender Egalitarianism ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Environment and Women Entrepreneurs in Albania

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Azra Zmijanej
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Growth Potential ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Growth Promoting ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
And Gender

Albania has become a much attractive environment for the development of women's entrepreneurship. If women are provided with the necessary resources, skills and opportunities to create strong businesses, and if they are willing to pursue the growth potential of these companies due to a more favorable environment, will benefit from economic growth. Promoting women entrepreneurs will create employment, empowerment and gender equality. But in fact the woman in the enterprise faces many challenges caused by various factors. In this study sought to analyze women entrepreneurs and their work environment in Albania and the challenges they face. It will identify policies for the development of enterprises managed by women in Albania. The data for this study were provided by various sources of literature. Secondary data are the result of the review of a wide and contemporary literature about women entrepreneurs, the environment and challenges. Primary data collection were carried out a series of in-depth personal interviews with some powerful women entrepreneurs in Albania. The results of this study show that woman has won respect in society and plays an important role in governance, political and private sector. It is clearly evidenced that women are becoming increasingly involved in social and economic life of the country and that an enabling environment for women's entrepreneurship, consolidates and supports their role.

scholarly journals Contexts and gender – looking back and thinking forward

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friederike Welter
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Looking Back ◽  
Over Time

Purpose This paper aims to illustrate the main contributions of the context-gender discussion in entrepreneurship research and its main developments over time to identify promising future research avenues. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds on the author’s extensive knowledge of the context-gender debate and on several recent overviews and reviews of the debate. It is written as essay, introducing its main themes through a personal reflection and complemented by a selective review of research on gendered contexts and women’s entrepreneurship. Findings The context-gender discussion has moved forward. The first wave of context-gender studies contextualized gender, considering the impact of contexts on women’s entrepreneurship. Nowadays, studies are conducted on how contexts are gendered and how they are constructed in gendered ways through, for example, words, images, cognitions, as well as how women entrepreneurs can impact on and enact their contexts. Originality/value This paper contributes novel insights into contextualizing gender and gendering contexts. It is unique in suggesting that a perspective on gendering contexts will allow to explore the diversity of entrepreneurship and further develop theories related to contexts and gender.

scholarly journals Factors influencing development of green women's entrepreneurship in Serbia

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 627-644
Author(s):  
Nina Mitić ◽  
Bosiljka Srebro ◽  
Jovanka Popović ◽  
Goran Kvrgić ◽  
Stevica Deđanski
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Goals ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Female Entrepreneurship ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Support Measures ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
And Gender

Environmental demanding situations require businesses to innovative as a way to gain each environmental, economic and social goals. This article objectives to suggest the elements influencing improvement of green female entrepreneurship thinking about the improvement possibilities thru standardization and gender equality inherent within side the green economy. Using the methods of regression evaluation with the aggregate of Likert's scale approach, 226 woman entrepreneurs from Serbia in 2021 have been involved in the research. The findings display female entrepreneurship however also, that there may be inadequate interest been committed to them within side the procedure of greening their enterprise in green economy support measures for small and medium companies.

A gender‐aware framework for women's entrepreneurship

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candida G. Brush ◽  
Anne de Bruin ◽  
Friederike Welter
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Cultural Norms ◽  
Female Entrepreneurs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Societal Factors ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to offer a new gender‐aware framework to provide a springboard for furthering a holistic understanding of women's entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachThe paper builds on an existing framework articulating the “3Ms” (markets, money and management) required for entrepreneurs to launch and grow ventures. Drawing on institutional theory, it is argued that this “3M” framework needs further development and “motherhood” and “meso/macro environment” are added to extend and mediate the “3Ms” and construct a “5M” framework to enable the study of women's entrepreneurship in its own right.FindingsIt was found that “Motherhood” is a metaphor representing the household and family context of female entrepreneurs, which might have a larger impact on women than men. The meso/macro environment captures considerations beyond the market, such as expectations of society and cultural norms (macro), and intermediate structures and institutions (meso).Practical implicationsFor the women entrepreneur, this analysis has implications for understanding the sources of the challenges they face by providing insights on the importance of the interplay of both individual and societal factors that impact on their enterprise. For policy makers, it turns the spotlight on the need for an integrated approach for fostering female entrepreneurs that is not blind to overarching institutionalised social structures and gender asymmetries.Originality/valueThe framework helps lay a foundation for coherent research on women's entrepreneurship. It is unique in making explicit the social embeddedness of women entrepreneurs and considers the multiple levels of influence on their entrepreneurial actions.

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, ANYTIME: THE IMPACT OF CONFLICT ON WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN PAKISTAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750025 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOOR MUHAMMAD ◽  
LORRAINE WARREN ◽  
SANIA BINTE-SALEEM
Keyword(s):  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Fear Of Failure ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Family Situation ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Impact

This study explores the constraints on women entrepreneurs running SMEs in conflict zones. The research is carried out in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), a conflict affected province in Pakistan close to the border of Afghanistan. The findings reveal that women in the region are in a complex family situation exacerbated by terrorism, which has created stress, depression and fear of failure. Better understanding of their circumstances may aid those seeking to help such businesses in Pakistan and other regions beset by conflict.

scholarly journals Navigating Gaza’s conflict through women’s entrepreneurship

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 297-316
Author(s):  
Doaa Althalathini ◽  
Haya Al-Dajani ◽  
Nikolaos Apostolopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Gender Norms ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Conflict Zones ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship

Purpose This paper aims to explore the extent to which women’s entrepreneurship in conflict zones is an influential catalyst for liberalising traditionally conservative gender norms. This purpose is achieved by focussing on women entrepreneurs in Gaza and how they actively renegotiate their multiple gender roles and navigate the social order through entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts the interpretivist approach where individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 16 Palestinian women entrepreneurs operating in Gaza. Findings The findings demonstrate that the context of conflict itself and its impact on gender norms is a prime motivator for women to engage in entrepreneurial ventures. Some gender roles were constraining and other enabling women to initiate and sustain their ventures to contribute to their families’ well-being. In spite of the fact that the conflict context and entrepreneurship have contributed to enhancing the agency of women and their ability to navigate the conflict and its consequences, the gendered practices and assumptions are still used as guidance for legitimising women’s entrepreneurship. Originality/value This paper contributes to the gender and entrepreneurship literature by giving greater visibility to women entrepreneurs operating in conflict zones, which remain under researched. This paper also demonstrates how prolonged conflict instigates social and economic changes that can empower women entrepreneurs while simultaneously reinforcing gendered norms.

Women and Entrepreneurship – Albanian Case

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Anna Xheka
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Women’S Entrepreneurship ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Women's Entrepreneurship ◽  
The Difference

Women’s entrepreneurship is a powerful source, regarding to the women’s economic independence and empowerment, as well as regarding employment generation, economic growth and innovation, development and the reduction of poverty as well as one of the terms of gender equality. This poster presents the situation of women's entrepreneurship in Europe in comparative terms, with special focus in Albania. The paper has a descriptive nature. Describes three different plans in comparative terms; the representation of men and women in entrepreneurship, the representation of women in entrepreneurship in different countries of Europe and of Europe as a whole, as well as compare to gender quota. Through the processing of secondary data from various reports and studies, this poster concludes that although that the gender equality goal is the equal participation of men and women in all sectors, including the entrepreneurship, in this sector, gender gap it is still deep. Another significant comparative aspect, it is the difference between full and part –time women entrepreneurship. While in full time entrepreneurship in a convince way, men are those that dominate, in part time entrepreneurship clearly it’s evident the opposite trend, women's representation is much higher. It’s very interesting the fact, that the women’s entrepreneurship in Albania, presented in a significant optimistic situation, ranking in the second place, after Greece in the European level

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