WOMEN CLIMATE ENTREPRENEURS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Tóm tắt

Climate change creates a significant risk to the economy and different aspects of life. It disproportionately affects women mostly because of gender-based discrimination and social norms. On the other hand, women, with their unique local knowledge and experience, are instrumental in developing effective strategies for climate change mitigation and adaptation. In this regard, female climate entrepreneurship has emerged as a critical solution to promote a green and sustainable socioeconomic development. Given rural women play a major role in maintaining the livelihood of the households and the communities, empowering them through climate entrepreneurship is critical. The interrelation of climate, gender and entrepreneurship, however, has been under-examined. This paper provides a systematic review of the existing literature to explore the challenges and opportunities for women climate entrepreneurs in rural areas, which sets the foundation for more research in areas of rural women’s economic empowerment and contextualization of entrepreneurship in the face of a changing climate.

Từ khóa: Climate change, women, entrepreneur ship

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