Women and Ambition Conference, 27 - 29 March 2008 Trinity College Dublin
In association with the Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Centre for Gender and Women’s Studies, Trinity College, Dublin is hosting a conference on women and ambition in the workplace.
Statistics on Women Entrepreneurs
• Men are 2.5 times more likely to be active as an early stage entrepreneur than women. • One in ten Irish men and one in twenty four Irish women are early stage entrepreneurs. • Only four out of ten women believe that they have the knowledge and skills to start a business. • Women are less active across all age categories, across all income categories, whether they are employed full time or part time and across all education categories bar one. (Women with post graduate qualifications have the same rate of early stage entrepreneurial activity as men). • Irish women are less likely to have a recent entrepreneurial role model. • Irish women are less likely to believe they have the skills and knowledge required to start a business. • Women are similar to male entrepreneurs in terms of age at start up and education levels. • A higher percentage of women entrepreneurs come from part time employment or from a ‘homemaker’ role. • GEM has reported a difference in rates of entrepreneurship between Irish males and females every year for the past five years. • As income rates increase for men, rates of entrepreneurship also increase. This is not the case for women. Notes: The GEM Report for Ireland is sponsored by Enterprise Ireland, Forfás and the Gender Equality Unit at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The members of the GEM Irish research team are Paula Fitzsimons and Professor Colm O'Gorman. The report contains an analysis of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs in Ireland (e.g. who becomes an entrepreneur, planned financing of new businesses); a comparison of Ireland with other EU and OECD countries; an analysis of women’s entrepreneurship in Ireland; and the profile of recent entrepreneurs.
Start Your Own Business for Women - Training Course Exclusively designed for female entrepreneurs to help prepare and set up their businesses, starting 12th April Venue: Guinness Enterprise Centre, Dublin 8. Time 10:00 – 18:00; Cost €200 Book online. Network The Dublin City Enterprise Network for Women is a dynamic network of over 120 women who have started up and are running their own businesses in the city of Dublin. Membership costs €100 for 2008. Join today.
IBW If you want to network from your office or home try the Irish Business Women Forum click here.