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“WOMEN WHO CARE”: A CASE STUDY OF ZAMBIAN WOMEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS IN LONDON AND LUSAKA
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society.
2023 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

In a bid to understand the potential gains of migration, this research about “Women Who Care”, explored the social entrepreneurial relationships between the Zambian diaspora women in London (the United Kingdom) and their interactions with women in Lusaka (Zambia). It adopted a qualitative approach method interviewing four women social entrepreneurs in London by exploring and analysing their social entrepreneurial impact using the brain-drain and brain-gain conceptual framework and literature on the Zambia Diaspora Policy. The explored phenomenon showed a variety of strategies adopted to network with the local women including philanthropy, mentoring, education, health, and small-scale businesses, results of which questions the brain-drain argument of the literature.

Examining the social entrepreneurial initiatives fostered by the “Women Who Care”, this paper found the brain-gain argument to be more salient, as it proved to be a key factor embraced by all the five respondents in their entrepreneurial journey to success while empowering the under-privileged in their homeland.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Keywords [en]
Brain-Drain, Brain-Gain, Migration, Diaspora policy, Development, Networking, Social Entrepreneurship, Diaspora, Women empowerment, Women Entrepreneurship, Women-Who-Care, UK/Zambia
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-47204OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-47204DiVA, id: diva2:1808610
Subject / course
African Studies
Available from: 2023-10-31 Created: 2023-10-31

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