The Challenges Women Entrepreneurs face in improving their economic situation in Dar es salaam Region: The Case of Kinondoni and Ubungo Districts.

Malosha, Hilda Mhango (2023) The Challenges Women Entrepreneurs face in improving their economic situation in Dar es salaam Region: The Case of Kinondoni and Ubungo Districts. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study aimed at determining the challenges facing women entrepreneurs in Kinondoni and Ubungo Districts in improving their economic situation. Womenentrepreneurs continue to face challenges in improving their economic situation. It was guided by the following specific objectives which were to identify specific challenges that women entrepreneurs in Kinondoni and Ubungo Districts face, determine both government and non governmental services and support the women entrepreneurs received, identify types of businesses women possess, and observe the progress of their business, investigate the participation of women entrepreneurs in making decisions and assess the challenge they face in business. Study applied both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Qualitative methods used where face to face interview, focus group discussion and observation while quantitative method was questionnaires. Excels were used to compute data. Sample size was 100 respondents. It was found that women face various problems including lack of capital, husband restriction, division of labour based on sex, lack of skills in business, lack of market, lack of favourable business environment and challenges in distance from home to business area. Also revealed that both government and non-government institutions support women entrepreneurs by providing awareness, education on entrepreneurship skills and loan, but it is still difficult for women entrepreneurs to rise economically. It was recommended that the government should emphasize more adjustments on gender policies to create equal chances on economic gain. However government should create and emphasize on gender mainstreaming in all sectors so as to enable women entrepreneurs to succeed in creating sustainable economy. Keywords: Loan, Financial Institutions, Entrepreneur, Credit

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