Data structure Tanzania
| 1st order concepts/ representative quotes | 2nd order themes | Aggregate dimension |
|---|---|---|
| “It is difficult to sell at the market. The men come and get priority. Sometimes men can cut 10% off the price because they have big businesses” (Patricia) “Travelling is a problem if you are alone. When you come back, people have stolen and done nothing. It’s a problem for both women and men but there are differences in how it can be tackled. Some partners or workers are afraid of women, they will see that there is nothing you can do” (Anum) “You have to make a lot of effort to get respect! They do not think you are ok from the start” (Veronica) | Gender bias in business contact | Gendered constraints in entrepreneurship |
| Narration of neighbouring youngsters destroying property and goods and causing a fire. (Fatima) “If you are not married, they are not afraid of you at all, they can do anything” (Barika) | Lack of respect for single women | |
| Husband left to live with second wife due to the business (Fatima) “Women are being beaten. … because not all men want a woman to have access to finance in society. Of course, women are trying hard, but those are the issues that we face and as coaches and as mentors we sometimes have to carry the burden of those women because we receive their calls for [0..] … you know … giving them courage” (Karen) “I was in the batik business. He started to scream and fight. So I stopped that business and started with vegetables. The business grew a bit, then he started big fights and destroyed everything in the field and destroyed the vegetables” (Mary) | Abuse and power dynamics within household | |
| “We can help each other. To give each other information, for example, if there are exhibitions somewhere everyone can get the information. The ‘chama’ is very lively” .(Barika) “I have started a group with people from here. We give each other advise and we have started to lend each other small sums of money. We meet every Saturday from 9 to 10” (Mary) “All women have problems, if you tell others you will see that your own [worries] decrease” (Mary) | Chamas – women’s groups – as enabling | Feminist agency through entrepreneurship |
| “My husband died but I have struggled to put my children [my daughter and her little brother] through [private] school right up to university” (Patricia) “My own knowledge is very different now [that I am running my business alone] from when I was married. It is better to be self-dependent. You think better alone and are more clever. Before, I had to think about him, and he had to agree to truly everything” (Veronica) | Economic independence from individual men | |
| “I’m coaching women who keep poultry, backyard poultry” (Karen) “I take interns. … Schoolgirls from Form Six. They work for me and they learn, you see. I train them and eventually I end up helping them out with tuition, school fees, food or whatever” (Jasmine) | Developing younger women and girls |
| 1st order concepts/ representative quotes | 2nd order themes | Aggregate dimension |
|---|---|---|
| “It is difficult to sell at the market. The men come and get priority. Sometimes men can cut 10% off the price because they have big businesses” (Patricia) | Gender bias in business contact | Gendered constraints in entrepreneurship |
| Narration of neighbouring youngsters destroying property and goods and causing a fire. (Fatima) | Lack of respect for single women | |
| Husband left to live with second wife due to the business (Fatima) | Abuse and power dynamics within household | |
| “We can help each other. To give each other information, for example, if there are exhibitions somewhere everyone can get the information. The ‘chama’ is very lively” | Chamas – women’s groups – as enabling | Feminist agency through entrepreneurship |
| “My husband died but I have struggled to put my children [my daughter and her little brother] through [private] school right up to university” (Patricia) | Economic independence from individual men | |
| “I’m coaching women who keep poultry, backyard poultry” (Karen) | Developing younger women and girls |
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