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Tanusha Raniga https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3694-2115

Abstract

Women establish their entrepreneurial projects for economic independence and to reduce vulnerability to poverty. The number
of women engaged in entrepreneurial activities has increased as a result of access to business training and mentorship facilitated by non-governmental organisations. This paper advances empirical evidence in the field of social development and sustainable livelihoods. Using qualitative methodology, I present evidence from 20 women who were beneficiaries of a Non-Governmental Organisation’s entrepreneurship training in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. Underscored by the sustainable livelihood
approach, this paper deliberates three connected themes: motivational factors that promote women entrepreneurs, nurturing social networks, and navigating financial capital challenges. The paper affirms women entrepreneurship as a positive social development strategy to assist unemployed women to work towards economic self-reliance.

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Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable Livelihoods. (2022). The Thinker, 92(3), 17-25. https://doi.org/10.36615/thethinker.v92i3.1455

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