Women Entrepreneurs And Their Cntribution To The Economic Growth Of Malawi

INTRODUCTION The role of women in economic development cannot be understated. Jiggins (1989) notes that about 30 per cent of rural households in the world are headed by women, and that women contribute about 80 per cent of agricultural labour, produce almost 60 per cent of the food that is consumed by rural households and generate more than one-third of; ill household incomes, mainly through small-scale agro-industry, trading, craft work and casual labour. In Malawi, about 59 per cent of female proprietors said 50 per cent or more of Iheir household income came from their enterprises (Daniels …