Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Bushell, Brenda

doi:10.1080/13552070802465441

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“…A more recent body of research examines the gender-related constraints on women's labour force participation (Abramo and Valenzuela, 2005), female entrepreneurship (Bushell, 2008) and women's economic empowerment (Mahmud et al, 2012). This literature identifies several policy-relevant individual-and enterprise-level constraints including access to formal education, skills training, credit and markets.…”

Section: Informal Waste Collectionmentioning

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Gender and informal livelihoods

Ogando¹,

Roever²,

Rogan

2017

IJSSP

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation.*Related content and download information correct at time of download. Purpose -This paper explores the perceptions and experiences of women and men who work as informal waste collectors in four different cities. The purpose of this paper is to map out how and to what extent occupational, political-legal, economic and social dynamics are experienced differently by gender in a highly vulnerable segment of the urban informal economy, and explore gender differences in these workers' coping strategies and the levels of action they develop to protect their livelihoods. Design/methodology/approach -The analysis is based on a mixed methods study which combined a quantitative survey of informal workers with a qualitative participatory methodology. Study participants were drawn from a purposive sample of informal workers who belong to, or are affiliated with, membershipbased workers' organisations. The sample consists of waste pickers (n ¼ 614) from Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Bogotá, Colombia; Durban, South Africa; and Nakuru, Kenya. Findings -The data show that despite significant differences between women and men upon entry into (informal) employment, their perceptions of key drivers and impacts are largely similar, with the exception of concerns around various types of physical security among women. They also indicate that levels of action among men and women waste pickers are only moderately influenced by gender, but are strongly influenced by the degree of organisation in the sector and the symbolic assets held by workers. The findings also illustrate the way in which gendered power dynamics operate within the informal recycling sector and how different levels of sector organisation and development often contribute to opportunities for collective action and, in turn, a reduction in gendered vulnerabilities. Originality/value -The study offers a new policy angle which connects the level of sector organisation and development with the levels of action taken by informal workers in adapting to different types of shocks The The authors thank Jason Heyes, Joanna Shapland and two anonymous reviewers for their feedback on this paper; Anisa Desai for her valuable research assistance; the research team...

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Section: Informal Waste Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender and informal livelihoods

Ogando¹,

Roever²,

Rogan

2017

IJSSP

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“…However, it is also the case that women's livelihood concerns as well as gender norms distract them from seeing themselves other than through their family and nurturing roles. Most women's choices of sectoral activity were influenced either by social and cultural norms or influential male figures in their households (see also Bushell, 2008;.…”

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“…Yet, they face various social, cultural, legal, and infrastructural barriers in every stage of business operation (Bushell, 2008). Integrating these informal women entrepreneurs into the formal economy is seen as a pathway to achieving the SDGs (ILO Nepal, 2014).…”

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Formalizing women entrepreneurs in Kathmandu, Nepal

Karki

Xheneti

2018

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Purpose -Women's economic empowerment through entrepreneurship is increasingly being recognised as significant to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, women entrepreneurship in developing countries is characterised by an overrepresentation in the informal economy and exposure to high levels of gender disparities. The aim of this paper is to explore whether formalization of women's entrepreneurial activities in the informal economy supports SDGs through ensuring empowerment and equality.Design/Methodology/Approach -The research adopts a qualitative research design to explore the empowerment outcomes of the formalization of women's entrepreneurial activities in the informal economy of Kathmandu, Nepal. Data were collected through interviews with 30 women entrepreneurs engaged in a mix of formal and informal entrepreneurial activities.Findings -By using Mayoux's (1998) framework of empowerment at the individual, household and community level, the findings show the variation in empowerment outcomes as a result of women's diverse motivations for engaging in entrepreneurship. Whilst informal entrepreneurial activities improve women's confidence and life aspirations, they have limited potential in lifting women out of poverty and enable them to significantly challenge gender relations in the society. Formalization does further empower women at the household and community level but this is primarily the case of younger and more educated women.Originality/value -The research contributes to the debates on entrepreneurship as 'emancipation' and more specifically, on whether formalization contributes to the SDGs by furthering gender equality and empowerment. Formalization policies need to acknowledge the heterogeneity of women entrepreneurs.

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“…2, in the micro-financing sector, there are two types of leaderships: the leadership concerning small and medium enterprises to create business and economic value in the environment and the leadership of the micro-financing institutions and fund-raisers providing the MC services. At the SMEs level, reference [32] research on leadership states that women entrepreneurs face constraints related to the culture and society, as well as that there is a need for professional training, network development, and creations. Also, reference [33] states that the leadership is very important to create trust, delegate, and provide direction for the micro-business successes.…”

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Leadership in Micro-Financing: Typologies, Processes and Innovation

Taifi¹

2017

IJED

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Abstract-After the production and services sectors, the micro-financing sector is one of the most important sectors in the economy. It consists of a variety of actions, rules, and coordination mechanisms that lead to its continuous success and high performance. As one of the key points of this article, this is the leadership of its actors and the processes of interactions among the different types of people involved in it. Leadership is to coordinate an important number of people and lead them to effective and efficient operations and work activities, otherwise there can be mis-organization and management in general. The paper presents the case of a microfinancing center that sustains the development of this sector through the provision of trainings, seminars, awareness programs, conferences, financial funds, and managerial practices. The paper derives its data from a questionnaire and interviews dedicated to its leaders concerning its strategic, technological, organizational aspects, and leadership. The results demonstrate a rich environment characterized by strong leadership, innovative processes of interactions, and communications, and lead to the development of a dictionary of words about this sector's leadership. Also, it presents theoretical and managerial implications derived from the results of the study stating that each work activity and role has been characterized by different leadership typologies. However, some work activities have the same leadership styles.

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Women entrepreneurs in Nepal: what prevents them from leading the sector?

Cited by 50 publications

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Gender and informal livelihoods

Gender and informal livelihoods

Formalizing women entrepreneurs in Kathmandu, Nepal

Leadership in Micro-Financing: Typologies, Processes and Innovation

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