THE FACTORS AFFECTING PROBLEMS AND SUCCESS IN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: A PROJECT EXAMPLES

Abstract

Women?s productive activities provide economically significant contributions to industry and industrial development. Women?s entrepreneurship not only survives economically, but also positively reflects women's self and their social lives. As in many countries of the world, various projects, programs and studies are being carried out in our country to support women's entrepreneurship. Women?s contribution to the country's economy as an entrepreneur may be possible by identifying the obstacles that entrepreneurial women experience and removing these obstacles. The aim of this study was to identify the problems faced by a total of 200 women entrepreneurs and factors affecting the success of women entrepreneurs to conduct a situational analysis one year after establishing a business for women financed by a local municipality as a result of the training provided by the European Union Project to women entrepreneurs, to produce proposals for solutions to problems. As a result of the survey, financial obstacles, lack of education, gender discrimination and state bureaucratic obstacles were identified as main problems.ECTING PROBLEMS AND SUCCESS IN