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WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ECA WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ECA THE EXAMPLE OF UKRAINETHE EXAMPLE OF UKRAINE

•• ““KHARKOV TECHNOLOGIESKHARKOV TECHNOLOGIES”” ––TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL AND COORDINATING CENTER OF THE COORDINATING CENTER OF THE ECAECA--NETWORKNETWORK

•• CREATION OF THE ECACREATION OF THE ECA--NETWORK WAS INITIATED AND NETWORK WAS INITIATED AND SUPPORTED BY THE WORLD SUPPORTED BY THE WORLD BANK INFODEV PROGRAMBANK INFODEV PROGRAM

KHARKKHARKOOV TECHNOLOGIESV TECHNOLOGIESTECHNOLOGICAL BUSINESS INCUBATORTECHNOLOGICAL BUSINESS INCUBATOR

Regional Collaboration for Entrepreneurship Development in MENA countriesShaping the Future through Innovation and Entrepreneurship

October 21-24, 2007 in BahrainInna Gagauz, TBI “Kharkiv Technologies”, Ukraine

INNA GAGAUZINNA GAGAUZTECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INCUBATOR INCUBATOR ““KHARKOV KHARKOV TECHNOLOGIESTECHNOLOGIES””, UKRAINE, UKRAINE

UKRAINE IS THE BIGGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRYUKRAINE IS THE BIGGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRY•• POPULATION POPULATION –– 47 47 MILLIONMILLION•• WOMEN WOMEN –– 53%53%




UKRAINE

UKRAINEUKRAINEKharkov

UKRAINE IS THE BIGGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRYUKRAINE IS THE BIGGEST EUROPEAN COUNTRY•• POPULATION POPULATION –– 47 47 MILLIONMILLION•• WOMEN WOMEN –– 53%53%•• AMONG WORKING PEOPLE AMONG WORKING PEOPLE –– 48.5% WOMEN48.5% WOMEN•• WOMENWOMEN--ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURS –– 1 MLN.1 MLN.•• 73% OF WOMEN73% OF WOMEN--ENTREPRENEURS HAVE HIGHER EDUCATIONENTREPRENEURS HAVE HIGHER EDUCATION




WHY DO UKRAINIAN WOMEN GO INTO BUSINESS?WHY DO UKRAINIAN WOMEN GO INTO BUSINESS?

•• TENDENCY TO BE ECONOMICALLY TENDENCY TO BE ECONOMICALLY INDEPENDENT INDEPENDENT –– 25%25%

•• LOSS OF JOB LOSS OF JOB –– 18%18%

•• POVERTY (HARDSHIP) POVERTY (HARDSHIP) –– 14%14%

•• RESOURCES (FINANCES, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, RESOURCES (FINANCES, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, CONTACTS)CONTACTS)




ACCORDING TO SOCIOLOGICAL ACCORDING TO SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH:RESEARCH:

IN MOST CASES UKRAINIAN BUSINESSIN MOST CASES UKRAINIAN BUSINESS--WOMEN RUN WOMEN RUN INTELLECTUAL BUSINESSESINTELLECTUAL BUSINESSES

DOCTORS, TEACHERS, DOCTORS, TEACHERS, AUDITORS, LAWYERS, AUDITORS, LAWYERS, INTERPRETERS, ETC.INTERPRETERS, ETC.

QUITE A FEW WOMEN ARE QUITE A FEW WOMEN ARE OWNERS OF SHOPS, ATELIERS, OWNERS OF SHOPS, ATELIERS, HAIRDRESSERHAIRDRESSER’’S.S.

WOMEN OFTEN PLAY LEADING WOMEN OFTEN PLAY LEADING ROLE IN FAMILY BUSINESSES ROLE IN FAMILY BUSINESSES MANAGING THEIR HUSBANDS, MANAGING THEIR HUSBANDS, BROTHERS, SONS.BROTHERS, SONS.




WOMEN IN BUSINESS ARE MORE CAREFUL AND WOMEN IN BUSINESS ARE MORE CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE THAN MENRESPONSIBLE THAN MEN

BEING GUIDED BY SUSTAINABLE BEING GUIDED BY SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS STRATEGIES THEY PREFER BUSINESS STRATEGIES THEY PREFER ““MODERATE CONSERVATISMMODERATE CONSERVATISM”” TO TO RISK. RISK.

SUCH PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES SUCH PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES SERVE AS PECULIAR SERVE AS PECULIAR ““PROTECTION PROTECTION GUARANTIESGUARANTIES”” OF MONEY INVESTED OF MONEY INVESTED INTO WOMENINTO WOMEN’’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP. S ENTREPRENEURSHIP.




IT IS INDICATIVE THAT IN PERCENTAGE TERMS WOMEN LEND MONEY IT IS INDICATIVE THAT IN PERCENTAGE TERMS WOMEN LEND MONEY MORE SELDOM AND PAY IT BACK MORE CAREFULLY THAN MEN.MORE SELDOM AND PAY IT BACK MORE CAREFULLY THAN MEN.

ABOVE ALL, THEY LACK FOR GENERAL ABOVE ALL, THEY LACK FOR GENERAL MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND INFORMATION.MANAGERIAL SKILLS AND INFORMATION.

70% QUESTIONED WOMEN CONSIDER THAT 70% QUESTIONED WOMEN CONSIDER THAT THEY NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION FROM THEY NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION FROM CENTRAL AND LOCAL POWER BODIES IN THE CENTRAL AND LOCAL POWER BODIES IN THE FORM OF BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMS.FORM OF BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAMS.




OVER HALF OF WOMENOVER HALF OF WOMEN--ENTREPRENEURS MENTION ENTREPRENEURS MENTION THAT HAVE NEED FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT IN THAT HAVE NEED FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT IN RUNNING THEIR BUSINESSES.RUNNING THEIR BUSINESSES.

AT THAT, THEY MEAN INFORMATIONAL AND LEGAL GOVERNMENTAL AT THAT, THEY MEAN INFORMATIONAL AND LEGAL GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT RATHER THAN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.SUPPORT RATHER THAN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

BUT REAL SUPPORT THEY MAY RECEIVE ONLY FROM RELATIVES, BUT REAL SUPPORT THEY MAY RECEIVE ONLY FROM RELATIVES, FRIENDS, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS.FRIENDS, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS.

•• LAW LAW ““ON PROVIDING EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN ON PROVIDING EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMENAND WOMEN””

•• DECREE OF PRESIDENT DECREE OF PRESIDENT ““ON IMPROVEMENT OF WORK OF CENTRAL ON IMPROVEMENT OF WORK OF CENTRAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON PROVIDING EQUAL RIGHTS AND AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON PROVIDING EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMENOPPORTUNITIES FOR MEN AND WOMEN””




DIRECTIVE BODIES OF UKRAINE DO NOT CONSIDER DIRECTIVE BODIES OF UKRAINE DO NOT CONSIDER WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS SME SECTOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS SME SECTOR COMPONENT THAT NEED SPECIAL LAWS AND COMPONENT THAT NEED SPECIAL LAWS AND PREFERENCES.PREFERENCES.THE ONLY GOVERNMENTAL STATEMENTS THAT CAN BE RELATED TO THE ONLY GOVERNMENTAL STATEMENTS THAT CAN BE RELATED TO WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT ACTIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING:WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT ACTIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING:

HOWEVER, AT PRESENT HOWEVER, AT PRESENT THE STRATEGY OF GENDER THE STRATEGY OF GENDER REORGANIZATION AND REORGANIZATION AND ACTION PLAN ON ACTION PLAN ON PROVIDING EQUAL GENDER PROVIDING EQUAL GENDER RIGHTS FOR THE PERIOD UP RIGHTS FOR THE PERIOD UP TO 2015 ARE BEING TO 2015 ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN UKRAINE.DEVELOPED IN UKRAINE.




UKRAINIAN EMPLOYMENT CENTERS LACK FINANCIAL MEANS FOR UKRAINIAN EMPLOYMENT CENTERS LACK FINANCIAL MEANS FOR RERE--TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS TRAINING OF TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS TRAINING OF UNEMPLOYED WOMEN AND ALSO FOR PROVIDING START CAPITAL.UNEMPLOYED WOMEN AND ALSO FOR PROVIDING START CAPITAL.




AT PRESENT 93% OF WORKING AT PRESENT 93% OF WORKING WOMEN BEAR DOUBLE DUTY WOMEN BEAR DOUBLE DUTY COMBINING HOUSEWORK AND COMBINING HOUSEWORK AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.

WOMEN ARE ACTIVE IN EVERY SPHERE WOMEN ARE ACTIVE IN EVERY SPHERE ––MANUFACTURING, REPRODUCTIVE, SOCIAL.MANUFACTURING, REPRODUCTIVE, SOCIAL.

THEREFORE THEY OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE A THEREFORE THEY OFTEN HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE CHOICE –– CAREER AND SUCCESS OR FAMILY CAREER AND SUCCESS OR FAMILY AND PRIVATE LIFE. AND PRIVATE LIFE.

THEY OFTEN PAY IN EMOTIONAL AND THEY OFTEN PAY IN EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION FOR ATTEMPTS OF PHYSICAL EXHAUSTION FOR ATTEMPTS OF ““BLENDING TOGETHER INCOMPATIBLE BLENDING TOGETHER INCOMPATIBLE THINGSTHINGS””..




THE FACT, THAT TWICE DURING THE FACT, THAT TWICE DURING INDEPENDENCE PERIOD OF UKRAINE THE INDEPENDENCE PERIOD OF UKRAINE THE STATE COMMITTEE ON STATE COMMITTEE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WAS HEADED BY ENTREPRENEURSHIP WAS HEADED BY WOMEN, EVIDENCES OF HIGH WOMENWOMEN, EVIDENCES OF HIGH WOMEN’’S S ACTIVITY. ACTIVITY.

JULIA TIMOSHENKO, THE MOST JULIA TIMOSHENKO, THE MOST PROBABLE NEXT PRIMEPROBABLE NEXT PRIME--MINISTER OF MINISTER OF UKRAINE, WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN HER UKRAINE, WAS AN ENTREPRENEUR IN HER PAST.PAST.




THE SAME HIGH WOMENTHE SAME HIGH WOMEN’’S ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AS WELL IN BUSINESSS ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AS WELL IN BUSINESS--INCUBATION NOT ONLY IN UKRAINE BUT ALSO IN OTHER ECAINCUBATION NOT ONLY IN UKRAINE BUT ALSO IN OTHER ECA--REGION REGION COUNTRIES. COUNTRIES.

53% OF ECA53% OF ECA--NETWORK MEMBERS ARE WOMEN.NETWORK MEMBERS ARE WOMEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST!FOR YOUR INTEREST!




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