Exploring Women Ecopreneurship: A Preliminary Study from Lombok - Indonesia

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10.2991/aebmr.k.211226.004How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Lombok; recycling; women ecopreneur; rural

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is offering alternative employment and economic development for a country. From the sustainability perspective, woman ecopreneurs propose an avenue for climate change mitigation and progress toward gender equality. However, there are limited studies about ecopreneurs in Indonesia, especially in the rural areas. This study explores women ecopreneurs in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara province, focusing on the recycling business. The province is ranked as the lowest gender empowerment amongst other provinces in Indonesia. A study of 18 women ecopreneurs found that the recycling industry offers an entry point for women to be entrepreneurs. It requires very minimum capital and opens for women with a minimum level of education. It can help the women ecopreneurs in feeding the family and sending the children to school. However, society is not welcoming the recycling industry as it is considered dirty. Furthermore, some women ecopreneurs faced sexual harassment. We recommend the partnerhsip between innovative eco-preneurs and traditional recyling women eco-preneurs to sustain the business and promote ecopreneurs in Indonesia.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Janti Gunawan
AU  - Berto Mulia Wibawa
AU  - Imam Baihaqi
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/31
TI  - Exploring Women Ecopreneurship: A Preliminary Study from Lombok - Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business and Management of Technology (ICONBMT 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 24
EP  - 29
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.211226.004
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.211226.004
ID  - Gunawan2021
ER  -