Nurturing entrepreneurs: Designing child friendly workshops for refugee women

This chapter proposes a rethinking of how entrepreneurship workshops for marginalised women are designed and actualised, focusing on the process of a two-day entrepreneurship workshop for refugee women. Four refugee women with established businesses were called to curate and lead the workshop. The workshop is part of a mentoring programme where established business owners coach refugee women at the nascent stage of the entrepreneurship process. Using data from interviews conducted with 4 mentors and 16 mentees, recorded observations from a two-day entrepreneurship workshop for refugee women, and field notes taken by one of the researchers throughout the project, the chapter suggests that creating women-only spaces, providing on-site childcare, eliminating educational and cultural barriers through mindfulness and intercultural dialogue, and recognising refugee women as contributors are all essential steps in supporting and empowering refugee women entrepreneurs.