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Taiz promotes the economic empowerment of young Saudi women through their development in the fields of entrepreneurship
Taiz promotes the economic empowerment of young Saudi women through their development in the fields of entrepreneurship
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This study aims to understand the impact of entrepreneurship on women, and what factors helped its success or the expected effects, in addition to identifying the factors that hinder the development of business for women in the Kingdom. The results of the study relied on empirical data collected through a survey of more than (100) university students throughout the Kingdom, as well as ten businesswomen enrolled in the Prince Sultan Fund for Women's Development, which is one of the incubators or accelerators of entrepreneurship. The results of the data analysis indicate many results, most notably is the females' feeling of positive support for their entrepreneurship and their desire to benefit from more support in the field of education and training in the domains of business development. University students largely agreed on the existence of social support and cultural acceptance for businesswomen in the Kingdom, and they also agreed on the existence of sufficient funding. Available to aspiring entrepreneurs, the biggest obstacles according to the study sample were limited knowledge and education, in addition to the lack of training opportunities to take advantage of business development opportunities.

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