Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable Livelihoods
Women establish their entrepreneurial projects for economic independence and to reduce vulnerability to poverty. The number of women engaged in entrepreneurial activities has increased as a result of access to business training and mentorship facilitated by non-governmental organisations. This pape...
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Women establish their entrepreneurial projects for economic independence and to reduce vulnerability to poverty. The number
of women engaged in entrepreneurial activities has increased as a result of access to business training and mentorship facilitated by non-governmental organisations. This paper advances empirical evidence in the field of social development and sustainable livelihoods. Using qualitative methodology, I present evidence from 20 women who were beneficiaries of a Non-Governmental Organisation’s entrepreneurship training in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. Underscored by the sustainable livelihood
approach, this paper deliberates three connected themes: motivational factors that promote women entrepreneurs, nurturing social networks, and navigating financial capital challenges. The paper affirms women entrepreneurship as a positive social development strategy to assist unemployed women to work towards economic self-reliance.
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| spelling | doaj-art-09be8cf360974c9587457333ed4b7d6c2025-01-28T09:02:08ZengUniversity of JohannesburgThe Thinker2075-24582616-907X2022-09-0192310.36615/thethinker.v92i3.1455Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable LivelihoodsTanusha Raniga0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3694-2115University of Johannesburg Women establish their entrepreneurial projects for economic independence and to reduce vulnerability to poverty. The number of women engaged in entrepreneurial activities has increased as a result of access to business training and mentorship facilitated by non-governmental organisations. This paper advances empirical evidence in the field of social development and sustainable livelihoods. Using qualitative methodology, I present evidence from 20 women who were beneficiaries of a Non-Governmental Organisation’s entrepreneurship training in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. Underscored by the sustainable livelihood approach, this paper deliberates three connected themes: motivational factors that promote women entrepreneurs, nurturing social networks, and navigating financial capital challenges. The paper affirms women entrepreneurship as a positive social development strategy to assist unemployed women to work towards economic self-reliance. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/1455women entrepreneurshipsustainable livelihoods |
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| title | Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable Livelihoods |
| title_full | Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable Livelihoods |
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| title_short | Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable Livelihoods |
| title_sort | women entrepreneurship as a strategy for sustainable livelihoods |
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