Employment Women Through Entrepreneurship Development and Education in Developing Countries

Achakpa, Priscilla and Radović-Marković, Mirjana (2018) Employment Women Through Entrepreneurship Development and Education in Developing Countries. Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (1/2). pp. 17-30. ISSN 1821-1283

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Abstract

Women entrepreneurship is today one of the major factors contributing to a
country’s prosperity and to the global market in general. However, females still
own and manage significantly fewer businesses than men. Especially, women in
developing countries face disadvantages and discrimination. Compared to their
male counterparts, women in developing countries have a lower level of education
and skill training. Another important challenge for female entrepreneurs in
developing countries is the issue of safety and protection of women, especially
those operating in the informal economy. The most female entrepreneurs in
developing economies are motivated to start their businesses out of necessity,
reflecting lack of employment alternatives or dissatisfaction with existing
employment. The overall nature and extent to which female entrepreneurship can
develop in developing economies is greatly influenced by project to strengthening
them. In line with this, the aim of our research was to explore the impact of one of
these programmes - GWIN project and its effect to empowering women in Nigeria.
Based on the findings, it was concluded that GWiN project plays a significant role
in the economic development of women in Nigeria through the benefits of various
supports to them.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	COBISS.ID=512510818
Uncontrolled Keywords:	female entrepreneurship, empowerment, education support project, Nigeria
Research Department:	Digital Economics
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2019 14:26
Last Modified:	24 Aug 2020 08:50
URI:	http://35.240.28.64/id/eprint/1278
Author Links:	[error in script] No links available.

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