International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship: Volume 14 Issue 2

Empowering vulnerable microfinance women through entrepreneurship: opportunities, challenges and the way forward

Nadeera Ranabahu, Farzana Aman Tanima

The purpose of this study is to explore how vulnerabilities arising from physical impairments, age, widowhood, forced displacement due to war or natural disasters and sexual…

A structural relationship model of gender-role orientation and entrepreneurial intention: examining the mediating effect of motivational antecedents in Northeast India

Kiefe Heibormi Passah, Nagari Mohan Panda

The paper presents a structural model to explain the relationship between various gender-role orientations (GROs) and motivational antecedents leading to entrepreneurial intention…

Informal entrepreneurship and women's empowerment – the case of street vendors in urban Colombia

Javier Armando Pineda Duque, Suelen Emilia Castiblanco Moreno

International development organizations promote access to resources through self-employment as one of the main strategies to achieve women's empowerment. However, many…

Rural entrepreneurship and the context: navigating contextual barriers through women's groups

Mohamed A. Semkunde, Tumsifu Elly, Goodluck Charles, Johan Gaddefors, Linley Chiwona-Karltun

This study aims to examine how women's groups help women to navigate context-related barriers to their engagement in rural entrepreneurship. The paper combines the…

Social media's impact on the empowerment of women and youth male entrepreneurs in Egypt

Rania Miniesy, Engy Elshahawy, Hadia Fakhreldin

This study aims to examine the impact of social media (SM) on the creation of digital entrepreneurship by female (irrespective of age) and youth male (aged 18–29 years…

Crowdfunding, gender and the promise of financial democracy: a systematic review

Priscilla Serwaah

The purpose of this study is to review the literature at the intersection of crowdfunding and gender, while examining the extent to which crowdfunding has enhanced female…