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- Title
Enabling Women Micro-Entrepreneurs through Social Enterprises in the Philippines.
- Authors
Lomotan, Maria Milagros Regina; Roldan, Maria Divina Gracia Z.
- Abstract
Social enterprises present themselves as viable instruments to alleviate poverty and engage marginalized women in the development process. In the Philippines, 89 percent of businesses are microenterprises. Women account for 30 percent of the total population underemployed. A potential exists where social enterprises can improve the earning capacity of women especially those coming from vulnerable groups. This study addresses the questions: How do social enterprises empower women micro-entrepreneurs from poorer sectors of Philippine society? What value networks are created which enhance the co-creation and partnership of women micro-entrepreneurs in the respective social enterprises they are involved in? By examining cases of twenty women micro-entrepreneurs working in social enterprises set up through Gawad Kalinga, a non-government intermediary organization, the factors that lead to the transformation and empowerment of these women micro-entrepreneurs are identified. The importance of soft skills training combined with the important role of networks are noted as indicators for the increased economic contribution of Filipina micro-entrepreneurs not only to their families but to the community at large.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; SOCIAL enterprises; WOMEN'S empowerment; ECONOMIC indicators; SOFT skills; SOCIAL services; SMALL business
- Publication
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social & Community Studies, 2021, Vol 16, Issue 2, p75
- ISSN
2324-7576
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18848/2324-7576/CGP/v16i02/75-81