“…Women entrepreneurs may have fewer opportunities than men because of innate gender discrimination, which is considered a general issue in all developing economies ( Rehman and Roomi, 2012 ). Moreover, lack of availability of financial resources (AFR), training, personality traits (PT), and government and family support are the other significant factors, which confine women’s spatial mobility and discourage them from becoming entrepreneurs in developing countries, such as Pakistan, ( Mcclelland et al, 2005 ; Roomi and Parrott, 2008 ; Narayanasamy et al, 2011 ; Mustapha and Subramaniam, 2016 ). ES is influenced by formal and informal support from others; formal support is provided in the form of financial, technical, and industrial liaisons, whereas informal support refers to personal-and community-based networks ( Carrier et al, 2004 ; Makhbul and Mohamad Hasun, 2010 ).…”