Female Entrepreneurship and Women’s Empowerment in Footwear Manufacturing Mypes in the Industrial Park of Villa El Salvador, Lima – Peru

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to analyze the level of association between female entrepreneurship and women's empowerment in small and medium-sized enterprises (Mypes) in the footwear sector of the industrial park in Peru. This research is quantitative, basic, with a non-experimental cross-sectional design and a correlational level. A census sample consisting of thirty female entrepreneurs in this sector was used, and two questionnaires were applied: one to measure the female entrepreneurship variable with twenty-seven items, and another to measure the women's empowerment variable with twenty-seven items. Both instruments demonstrated extremely high reliability, with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.881 and 0.895, respectively. The statistical results showed a high and significant association (Rho=0.862; p<0.001) between both variables. In conclusion, it can be inferred that sustainable female entrepreneurship over time is associated with elevated levels of women's empowerment. Finally, the study achieved its objective of analyzing the relationship between female entrepreneurship and women's empowerment in the Mypes of the footwear sector in the industrial park in Villa El Salvador, Lima – Peru, considering the existing limitations in the industrial park.