Women are underrepresented among entrepreneurs everywhere in the OECD. There are many reasons for this, chief among them challenges to reconcile entrepreneurship and family life. While entrepreneurs have equal or similar rights to paid parental leave as employees in a number of OECD countries, opportunities for entrepreneurs in Germany to access paid parental leave are very limited. Against the backdrop of policy experiences in different OECD countries the webinar discussed reform options for Germany and other OECD countries and explored how barriers to female entrepreneurship could be overcome in general.
Presentation:
David Halabisky, OECD
Followed by a discussion with:
Evelyn de Gruyter, VdU
Julia Rouse, MMU
Janine Wildhage, violin maker
Moderation:
Nicola Brandt, OECD
Recording of the webinar:
Presentation of David Halabisky:
Further information:
- Inclusive entrepreneurship | OECD
- The Missing Entrepreneurs 2023 | OECD
- Parental Leave Systems | OECD
- The Action Plan “More women entrepreneurs for our SMEs” | BMWK
- Mehr Unternehmerinnen für den Mittelstand | BMWK
- Failure to provide minimum standard of maternity leave unlawful | Human Rights Law Centre
- Do Enterprise Support Programmes Leave Women Holding the Baby? | Julia Rouse and John Kitching
Maternity Protection in SMEs: An international review | International Labour Organization - Peering inside mutual adjustment: Rhythmanalysis of return to work from maternity leave | Julia Rouse, Jamie Atkinson, Andrew Rowe
- Investigating the Social Capital and Resource Acquisition of Entrepreneurs Residing in Deprived Areas of England | Robert Lee, Heinz Tüselmann, Dilani Jayawarna, Julia Rouse
- SLO-Research Project on Entrepreneurship – Showing Life Opportunities | Universität Kassel
- French example | Grossesses d’Entrepreneuses