Study of Women's Entrepreneurship from Gender Perspective: a Field in Uzbekistan

N.berna GÃœLER and Yulduzkhan Gaä°pova

Fiscaoeconomia, 2023, issue 2

Abstract: With the emphasis on entrepreneurship as a driving force for economic development in neoliberal policies, entrepreneurship is widely promoted for development and poverty eradication in late capitalist countries. In a patriarchal society such as Uzbekistan, entrepreneurship has also begun to be encouraged as a way of employment that will balance women’s roles in business life and household.From the feminist literature, it is known that women’s work and life experiences differ significantly from men’s due to the patriarchal structure, and women are more disadvantaged than men in social, economic and political areas. However, the roles determined by the patriarchal structure for men and women can change as a response, sometimes conflicting and sometimes reconciliating, to the needs of the capitalist system at different stages. This situation indicates a need to study women’s entrepreneurial activity from a gender perspective in a late capitalist country like Uzbekistan.In this study, we made an effort to understand the characteristics of women entrepreneurship and the experiences of women entrepreneurs in Uzbekistan by using the critical approach and qualitative research techniques that allow us to understand women’s experiences from their own explanations. An evaluation has been made on whether entrepreneurship affects the social position of women and if so, in which way.

Keywords: women entrepreneurship; development; Uzbekitan; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 J20 L26 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/3022329

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fis:journl:230229

DOI: 10.25295/fsecon.1267914

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Fiscaoeconomia from Tubitak Ulakbim JournalPark (Dergipark)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Emre Atsan ().