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Author: search.filters.author.Katarzyna Szczepańska‐WoszczynaSubject: search.filters.subject.Intersectionality theory

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    Why is self-employment not perceived by senior women as a priority? A North African experience
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025-10-30)
    This study aims to explore the reasons why self-employment is not prioritized by senior women within the Egyptian context. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected through semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of 36 senior women who engaged in entrepreneurial activities for a period following their retirement but subsequently ceased to retain access to their pensions. The data were analyzed using the Gioia methodology to systematically identify key patterns and themes emerging from the interviews. Findings The authors revealed three main categories of barriers that discourage senior women from pursuing self-employment: personal barriers, including excess weight, impatience and aversion to social media applications; economic barriers, such as reliance on state pensions and insufficient capital to initiate business ventures; and socio-cultural barriers, encompassing traditional gender roles and shifting priorities toward religious practices. These factors collectively contribute to the widespread overlooking of self-employment opportunities among senior women in Egypt. Originality/value The originality of this research lies in its identification of often-overlooked obstacles, namely, physical health challenges, religious commitments and entrenched gender norms, that significantly impede entrepreneurial intentions among women over the age of 60 in Egypt. By highlighting the stark divergence between the entrepreneurial reluctance of Egyptian senior women and the increasing self-employment trends observed among older populations in Western societies, this paper offers a culturally nuanced reevaluation of senior women's entrepreneurship within the North African context.
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    Entrepreneurship in exile: the experiences of refugee women in Egypt
    (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2025-10-31)
    The aim of this paper is to find out how Syrian women entrepreneurs in the Egyptian context evaluate their entrepreneurial experience. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative study comprises semi-structured interviews with 50 Syrian women entrepreneurs in Egypt. The Gioia mechanism was employed to analyze the interview data. Findings The findings reveal three overarching categories that characterize the entrepreneurial experiences of Syrian women in Egypt: start-up factors, including supportive governmental policies and access to essential resources; gender-related factors, such as the influence of shared cultural norms, instances of unwanted social expressions, and the perception that being a woman can attract client interest; and cultural factors, including the tendency to limit Syrian women's capabilities to traditional roles (e.g. cooking) and persistent critique from Egyptian women. Originality/value This paper contributes by filling a gap in the literature on refugee entrepreneurship in the context of non-Western countries in which studies on refugee women entrepreneurs and their experience with self-employment outside their home countries have been limited so far.
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