Female entrepreneurship in a forced displacement situation: The case of Usme in Bogota

Abstract

This article identifies the characteristics of internally displaced women’ entrepreneurships. It was made a literature review about the principal categories and a semi structured interview with ten internally displaced women in Usme – Bogotá. The exposure to violent episodes conditions the internally displaced women’ entrepreneurship processes, making them different from the entrepreneurships of women in other social contexts.

Keywords

• Feminist economics
• Economics of gender
• Entrepreneurship