Innovating business practices: The impact of social media on fostering gender equality and empowering women entrepreneurs

Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(2), P. 032 - 043

Published: March 13, 2024

Social media has emerged as a powerful tool for fostering gender equality and empowering women entrepreneurs by providing them with unprecedented access to resources, networks, markets. This abstract explores the impact of social on innovating business practices promote empower entrepreneurs. platforms have democratized information enabling overcome traditional barriers entry in business. By leveraging media, can build expand their mentorship support, showcase products services global audience. Additionally, provides platform collaborate, share experiences, advocate entrepreneurship. The entrepreneurship extends beyond individual empowerment systemic change. campaigns movements raised awareness about biases discrimination, leading increased calls gender-inclusive policies Moreover, enabled funding investment opportunities, breaking down capital that hindered women's entrepreneurial endeavors. Overall, revolutionized barriers, equality. However, challenges remain, including online harassment cyberbullying, digital skills gaps, divide. Addressing these requires multi-stakeholder approach, government intervention, private sector initiatives, civil society engagement, ensure remains force positive change

Language: Английский

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Women and Symbolic Violence: Measurement Scale of Gender in Tourism Sustainability and the Case of Ecuador

Tourism and Hospitality, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 13 - 13

Published: Jan. 20, 2025

This study addresses the persistence of patriarchal structures and reproduction traditional gender roles in rural settings. In particular, this research explores agritourism, an emerging sector tourism that, while providing economic opportunities areas, also ends up perpetuating female subordination. response to issue, manifestation symbolic gender-based violence field agritourism was analyzed, a reliable validated psychometric measurement scale developed. The instrument identified quantified specific dimensions context. To meet these objectives, Delphi Method used asynchronously for design questionnaire, exploratory factor analysis applied with sample 299 participants validate its internal structure. results indicate existence robust structure made six key factors: feminized entrepreneurship, occupational self-segregation, stereotyped roles, limited access land, glass ceiling, wage discrimination. These findings contribute deeper understanding mechanisms offer analytical tool future studies tourism.

Language: Английский

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Women Entrepreneurs’ Role in Tourism Co-Creation and Policy: Examining the Case of Cyprus

Tourism and Hospitality, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 33 - 33

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Womens’ entrepreneurial endeavours, particularly in rural areas, have led to establishing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) focused on tourism initiatives, significantly enhancing experiences while promoting local culture. Co-creation, a concept extensively studied the industry, involves collaborative generation of ideas production consumption driven by stakeholders with vested interests specific products services. Policy co-creation, particular, has become key driver country’s competitiveness through inclusive development approach. Despite extensive exploration co-creation tourism, role women entrepreneurs this process remains underexamined. This study aims address gap identifying exploring initiatives that demonstrate how contribute policy development. Using qualitative research approach, it is based thirty (30) semi-structured interviews stakeholders, including policymakers, entrepreneurs, professionals, representatives from relevant organisations. Findings underscore central policies, areas. Their contributions extend beyond economic growth, as they engage shaping policies support sustainable Through their innovative approaches, regenerate traditional incorporating modern techniques, ensuring offerings remain appealing diverse visitor demographics evolving market trends. further highlights effective frameworks are crucial enabling amplifying women’s Policies processes—such decision making, funding accessibility, capacity-building programs—play transformative unlocking potential or encouraging more embark an venture within sector.

Language: Английский

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Surviving crisis: Building tourism entrepreneurial resilience as a woman in a sanctions-ravaged destination

Tourism Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 106, P. 105025 - 105025

Published: Aug. 9, 2024

Language: Английский

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Economic empowerment of coastal female farmers on the north coast of Java through implementing CSR program

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 1441(1), P. 012035 - 012035

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Abstract Women play an essential part in development, but their role is often neglected. The attempt to economically engage women one surviving strategy for the coastal people identical poverty. Ironically, women’s participation economic activity still so low that initiative empowerment needed, just like 5th point of Sustainable Development Goals. Corporation, through CSR programs, contributes realizing empowerment. This research aimed analyze process programs. qualitative with a case study approach took place on north coast Java, precisely Pangkalan Village, Sluke Sub District, Rembang Regency, Central Indonesia. Data were gathered by conducting in-depth interviews female farmers, agricultural extensionists, village government officers, and community development officers PT. PLN Nusantara Power UP (Rembang Service Unit Power) was supported data resulting from observation documentation. Research showed carried out organizing farmer group planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation. Planning problem identification, potency, target need mapping. implementation involved facilitating improvement human resources training comparative studies, provision facilities access marketing. Monitoring evaluation held periodically throughout group’s routine meetings. In conclusion, program can positively change improved innovation, synergic collaboration among stakeholders.

Language: Английский

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Embrace or discard? Cultural perceptions of dark tourism among local residents in developing country

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Insights, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Purpose Residents’ understanding of the development and promotion dark tourism cannot be universally assumed due to cultural traditional disparities across different geographical regions. Using social exchange theory (SET) cognitive appraisal (CAT) as theoretical baseline for exploring residents’ perception promotion. The purpose this study is twofold: first, comprehend perspectives about meaning, values interpretation tourism; second, explore attitudes from both an emotional economic interface in their community. Design/methodology/approach a qualitative approach with purposive snowball sampling strategies, 25 semi-structured interviews were conducted residents or natives Jesse community, selected within outside Findings Our research revealed that emotions fire disaster transcend prospect empowerment concept could bring Besides, respondents struggled understand meanings tourism, but younger tended welcome idea more than older ones. Practical implications findings emphasized importance stakeholders engaging designing managing community initiatives. This will prevent conflict traditions ensure sustainability. Originality/value A novel using SET CAT models examine on sub-Sahara Africa, providing alternative viewpoint Western interpretations representation.

Language: Английский

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Liderazgo de las Mujeres en las Mypes

Investigación Administrativa, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 54-1, P. 1 - 22

Published: Feb. 9, 2025

El objetivo es analizar el impacto del liderazgo de las mujeres sobre los procesos entrada, transformación y salida en Mypes. método investigación cuantitativo, explicativo, donde no se intervienen variables, aplicando 18 776 encuestas a través un muestreo probabilístico aleatorio simple 96 zonas influencia México, Colombia, Ecuador Perú entre meses febrero abril 2023. Los resultados muestran evidencia empírica, permitiendo validar la hipótesis planteada, enfoca principalmente generar ventajas competitivas (consolidación marca, mejora producto servicio, etc.). La originalidad radica número variables analizadas, regiones abordas segmentación tamaño empresas. hallazgos sugieren diferencias prioridades dentro limitación que presentan delimitados por sectores económicos, ni perfiles empresarias.

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Capacity Building and Skill Development for Women Entrepreneurs

IGI Global eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 267 - 294

Published: Feb. 28, 2025

This study examines the changing landscape of women-led sustainability initiatives as women's participation in sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship grows. qualitative research case studies from various industries geographies to reveal women entrepreneurs' practices, problems, accomplishments. The uses World Bank survey data find common themes creative techniques across settings, providing significant lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs, policymakers, practitioners. explores gender, entrepreneurship, they interact, accessing money markets overcoming social cultural hurdles help succeed entrepreneurs. encourages engage prosper fully entrepreneurial ecosystem. Lastly, intends inspire future leaders, challenge prejudices, advocate an enabling environment that promotes fair business development by sharing their stories.

Language: Английский

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Empowering Women Leading the Green Tourism Revolution in Balikpapan

Ilomata International Journal of Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. 781 - 802

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

This paper explores the position of women in leading green tourism initiatives Balikpapan, Indonesia, an eco-tourism hot spot confronting rigorous environmental issues and possibilities sustainable development. The research examines unique roles difficulties tourism, focusing on their impact stewardship community-driven practices. main question is How are involved what barriers do they face towards Balikpapan? novel showcasing singular power a male-dominated industry call for gender-inclusive development policies, philosophy yet to be treated existing literature. Based qualitative case study method, this was based interviews conducted with five essential government, environment, informants’ sectors. Research shows that deeply doing business sustainably promote where cultural practices traditional knowledge ongoing limited access resources. Conclusions highlight importance gender-specific support, listing conducting accommodate women, such as dedicated training field. demonstrates helping how can women's leadership sustainability Balikpapan model other regions.

Language: Английский

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Imperialism, empowerment, and support for sustainable tourism: Can residents become empowered through an imperialistic tourism development model?

Tourism Management Perspectives, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 53, P. 101270 - 101270

Published: June 27, 2024

Resident empowerment is an effective tool that contributes to the sustainable development of tourism. However, in many low-income countries, tourism usually implemented through imperialist model, questioning sector's true intentions for this type development. Within backdrop, study aims investigate how, under such conditions, residents' perception imperialism associated with perceptions and what extent these influence their support To better understand relationships, Weber's Theory Formal Substantive Rationality Institutional were employed. This surveyed a representative sample 341 residents on island Sal, Cape Verde 2022. Overall, results illustrate do not affect empowerment, rejecting most research hypotheses. Theoretical practical implications highlight within imperialistic there relationship between imperialims empowerment.

Language: Английский

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