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Women, Rural Environment and Entrepreneurship

Nuria Alonso, David Trillo del Pozo · 2014 · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Summary. Women in rural Spain face severe employment barriers, social exclusion, and economic marginalization that drive rural depopulation and aging. The authors analyze the socio-economic conditions of rural women and propose entrepreneurship as a pathway to improve their employability and economic opportunities, arguing that existing rural development policies lack gender-specific mechanisms to address women's particular challenges.

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Alonso, N., & Pozo, D. T. D.. (2014). Women, Rural Environment and Entrepreneurship. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.039

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DOI
10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.039
Countries
Spain
Regions
Europe
Categories
entrepreneurship, policy, regional-innovation-systems
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2026-04-28