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Enhancing Women Refugee Entrepreneurship: Identifying Barriers and Support Mechanisms

Western Sydney University
Yam, Sharon ; Gholipour Fereidouni, Hassan ; Taoum, Kamel
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This study aims to investigate the key barriers preventing women refugees in Australia from starting businesses and to propose strategies to promote entrepreneurship within this community. Using survey data collected from 104 respondents, our findings reveal a high level of entrepreneurial intention among female refugees, with 76% indicating a preference for starting their own businesses. However, they face several obstacles, with the major ones being limited access to financial and physical resources, lack of financial knowledge, and differing social and cultural norms.

This study highlights the importance of addressing barriers related to financial support and physical resources, such as access to funding, transportation, and utilities. Additionally, targeted training and mentorship programs in financial literacy are essential to bridging knowledge gaps. Mentorship from successful women entrepreneurs can further enhance confidence and resilience, empowering these women to overcome challenges associated with social and cultural norms.

This dataset contains data collected from refugee women on barriers preventing them from doing business in Australia.

The data cannot be published due to ethics restrictions. To discuss this research, please contact Sharon Yam ORCID 0000-0003- 1542-9398.

Created: 2025-02-12

Data time period: 08 2024 to 31 10 2024

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Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services | Commercial Services and Tourism | Economic Framework | Economics | Entrepreneurship | Microeconomics | Microeconomics Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Commercial Services and Tourism | Other Commercial Services and Tourism Not Elsewhere Classified | Other Economics | Other Economics Not Elsewhere Classified | Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour | Women refugees | barriers | entrepreneurship | financial literacy | mentorship |

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  • DOI : 10.26183/D60C-XE51
  • Local : research-data.westernsydney.edu.au/published/0ba22310dde111efab24b32c6c48efcc