Women in food and beveragesbusiness in urban marketsof Khartoum State

This study focused on Sudanese women working in food and beverages business in urbanmarkets of Khartoum State. It aimed at identifying the reasons behind women’s work,the constraining and enhancing factors that affect their performance as entrepreneurs,beside their attitude and strategies in dealing with marketing issues, and the socioeconomicimpact of their work on their families.A sample of fifty business women working in thirteen urban markets in Khartoum Statewas interviewed. They were engaged in trading, production, processing and selling of foodand beverages.The research validated the hypotheses that business women are highly stimulated bytheir socio-economic conditions and that their work in the market has positively affectedtheir families' life and their ability to survive....

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Badawi, Sumaia Mohamed El Zein Ahmed ; Rahman, Widad Ali Abdel ; Hassan El Jack, Ahmed ; Lorenzl, Günter
Institutions:	Universität <Berlin, Humboldt-Universität> / Landwirtschaftlich-Gärtnerische Fakultät
Subject:	Unternehmen \| Armut \| poverty

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1 General framework of the study
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Focus of the Study
1.3 Objectives of the study
1.4 Research hypotheses
1.5 Research methods and material
2 Theoretical framework
2.1 The urban informal sector
2.2 The gender dimension in the informal sector
2.3 Women entrepreneurship
2.4 Women's access to microfinance
2.5 Marketing patterns in the informal sector
3 Socio-economic context of Sudanese women
3.1 Religious view on women's work
3.2 Traditions, norms and social perceptions
3.3 Policy and decision makers
3.4 Women and work legislation
3.5 Women and education
3.6 Sudanese women in the labour force
3.7 The informal sector
4 Research findings, discussion and analysis
4.1 Characteristics of the respondents
4.2 Reasons behind respondents’ work
4.3 Selection of the type of economic activity
4.4 Factors affecting women’s work in food and beverages
4.5 Women’s attitude towards marketing their products
4.6 Socio-economic impact of women’s work
4.7 Interviewees’ success criteria and indicators
5 Summary and Conclusions
5.1 Study background
5.2 Background of respondents
5.3 Reasons behind women’s involvement
5.4 Enhancing factors
5.5 Constraining factors
5.6 Respondents’ altitudes for marketing and survival of their business
5.7 The socio-economic impacts of women’s business
5.8 The research hypothesis
5.9 Suggested recommendations
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