O empreendedorismo feminino no estado do Piauí no período de 2015 a 2019

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is essential and has been growing over the years, and, due to the lack of job vacancies, entrepreneurship has become a common initiative. The presence of women in entrepreneurship is constantly growing, and over the years the values of the family and the labor market have changed and the woman felt the need to work and be paid to help with household expenses, making it an entrepreneur and at the same time the matriarch of the house. Given this context, the general objective of the work was to analyze the evolution of female entrepreneurship in the state of Piauí in the period from 2015 to 2019. The specific objectives were to assess the evolution of the number of women entrepreneurs in Piauí in the period from 2015 to 2019; and check the activities they are working on. The work is classified as a bibliographical, documentary, descriptive and exploratory research, data and information surveys were carried out in The research is descriptive, data and information were collected in the Commercial Registry of the State of Piauí and in the database of the SEBRAE – the DataSebrae. As for the participation of female entrepreneurs, heads of households, there was a decreasing trend, which may be a reflection of the economic crisis that the country is going through. One of the motivations for these women to start their own business is the lack of opportunities in the labor market and the need to supplement the family income. It was found that women entrepreneurs are working more in the clothing sector, they are aged between 45 and 55 years old, the educational levels of women entrepreneurs have elementary and high school education. It can be concluded that female entrepreneurship in Piauí has been standing out, and growing more and more, however, gender inequality still exists, but there is already a significant change.