Policy Work <\/span><\/h1><\/div>Women’s Enterprise Policy Group Policy Work<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/womensenterprisepolicygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Charter-for-inlcusive-entrepeneurship-logo-300x117.png\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>\nCharter For Inclusive Entrepreneurship<\/span><\/a>, 2022<\/span><\/h4>\nEntrepreneurship is vital for innovation, job creation, and economic growth. It can also support social inclusion by offering individuals
\nopportunities to create employment for themselves and within their community while also contributing to social and environmental innovation and impact.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div>ERSA: Women, The Covid Recession and Shaping Future Employability Programmes<\/a>, 2021
<\/h5>\nThe Resolution Foundation estimates that over one-third of Britain\u2019s five million self-employed people may have to stop working either because they work in sectors most heavily affected by social distancing, or in order to care for children who would have otherwise been at school.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Lockdown 2021: Immediate Actions Needed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h5>\n\n
Based on the evidence from 2020 it is clear that the current lockdown, including school closures, will have significant and distinct consequences for different groups of women and men. This briefing summarises the immediate actions that the Government should take to avoid the negative impacts of the first lockdown in March 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Women's](\"https:\/\/womensenterprisepolicygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/download.png\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Women’s Enterprise In Scotland and COVID-19: Policy Briefing 1, <\/a>2020<\/span><\/font>
<\/h5>\nWomen entrepreneurs are also underrepresented in the most productive, high-value sectors in Scotland and in the UK. As small businesses with limited <\/span>resources, women-owned businesses are especially vulnerable to the disruption caused by <\/span>the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"The](\"https:\/\/womensenterprisepolicygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WEPG-LOGOS-18-300x210.png\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>The Scottish Government – Women In Enterprise: Framework and Action Plan<\/a>, 2017<\/h5>\nRefreshed action framework to promote female entrepreneurs, focusing on mentoring, networking, role models, finance, and support. <\/p>\n
This refreshed framework builds upon the success of what has come before. However, it acknowledges that there is still a great deal of work ahead of us all. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Women's](\"https:\/\/womensenterprisepolicygroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WEPG-LOGOS-22-300x210.png\")
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Framework Actions To Build Back Better For Women’s En<\/a><\/span><\/font>terprise<\/span><\/font><\/a>, 2020
<\/h5>\n<\/font><\/h5>\nCurrent evidence that indicates women face a catastrophic future with a tsunami of job losses and business closures. <\/p>\n
Now is the time and the <\/span>opportunity for Government and devolved administrations to recognise the needs of women business owners, their economic potential for job creation, <\/span>innovation, and the rebuilding of the UK\u2019s economy. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Women’s Enterprise Policy Group Policy Work<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> Entrepreneurship is vital for innovation, job creation, and economic growth. It can also support social inclusion by offering individuals The Resolution Foundation estimates that over one-third of Britain\u2019s five million self-employed people may have to stop working either because they work in sectors most heavily affected by social distancing, or in order to care for children who would have otherwise been at school.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Lockdown 2021: Immediate Actions Needed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/h5>\n Women entrepreneurs are also underrepresented in the most productive, high-value sectors in Scotland and in the UK. As small businesses with limited <\/span>resources, women-owned businesses are especially vulnerable to the disruption caused by <\/span>the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Refreshed action framework to promote female entrepreneurs, focusing on mentoring, networking, role models, finance, and support. <\/p>\n This refreshed framework builds upon the success of what has come before. However, it acknowledges that there is still a great deal of work ahead of us all. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Current evidence that indicates women face a catastrophic future with a tsunami of job losses and business closures. <\/p>\n Now is the time and the <\/span>opportunity for Government and devolved administrations to recognise the needs of women business owners, their economic potential for job creation, <\/span>innovation, and the rebuilding of the UK\u2019s economy. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>\nCharter For Inclusive Entrepreneurship<\/span><\/a>, 2022<\/span><\/h4>\n
\nopportunities to create employment for themselves and within their community while also contributing to social and environmental innovation and impact.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>ERSA: Women, The Covid Recession and Shaping Future Employability Programmes<\/a>, 2021
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Based on the evidence from 2020 it is clear that the current lockdown, including school closures, will have significant and distinct consequences for different groups of women and men. This briefing summarises the immediate actions that the Government should take to avoid the negative impacts of the first lockdown in March 2020. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div>Women’s Enterprise In Scotland and COVID-19: Policy Briefing 1, <\/a>2020<\/span><\/font>
<\/h5>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>The Scottish Government – Women In Enterprise: Framework and Action Plan<\/a>, 2017<\/h5>\n
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Framework Actions To Build Back Better For Women’s En<\/a><\/span><\/font>terprise<\/span><\/font><\/a>, 2020
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