“…The field of women's entrepreneurship has been criticized for an almost exclusive focus on Western developed countries (Brush & Cooper, 2012;Yadav & Unni, 2016). Nonetheless, there are some insightful findings from studies of women entrepreneurs in developing countries, which differ substantially from those concerning Western developed countries (Abou-Moghli & Al-Abdallah, 2019;Ahmad, 2011;Al-Kwifi et al, 2020;Bastian et al, 2018;Goby & Erogul, 2011;Jaim, 2021cJaim, , 2017Jaim et al, 2015;Murat et al, 2019;Roomi & Harrison, 2010;Tlaiss, 2015aTlaiss, , 2015b. For example, the study of Welter and Smallbone (2008) in Uzbekistan shows how a young woman started a low-growth business of gold embroidery and sewing to earn money after the death of her father.…”