Trajectórias de mulheres empreendedoras num bairro da Cidade de Maputo

Abstract

The present work analyzes the trajectories of some women entrepreneurs in the central district, in the city of Maputo, Mozambique. Several studies highlight factors and behavioral factors as the main determinants of entrepreneurship carried out by women. This approach defines female entrepreneurship as a homogeneous phenomenon, thus ignoring the multiplicity of social profiles and economic opportunities that women entrepreneurs have. So, this perspective shows inadequate for analyzing the trajectories of women entrepreneurs, because it excludes extensive social and cultural complex, which subjects individuals to multiple trajectories and experiences that led women to enter and remain in entrepreneurship. This study shows that the extensive network of social relations historically constructed throughout the life of women, is a determining factor for the introduce them to entrepreneurship. Their involvement in the various social networks of economic and virtual character, as well as with financial institutions, proved to be of great importance for the maintenance of its activities. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)