In Sardinia there are 39,374 companies registered with the Chamber of Commerce led by women. Firms and companies that operate for the most part in the sectors of personal services and cleaning, fashion and catering activities and which account for 23.4% of all production activities.
As many as 4,327 companies are managed by young women (11% of the total of female artisan enterprises) and out of the entire audience of female entrepreneurs, almost 5,946 are at the helm of artisan enterprises.
The photograph of female entrepreneurship on the island was taken by Confartigianato Sardegna, on the occasion of 8 March, International Women's Day.
"The comparison between 2019 and 2021, taking into account that among the registered companies, the hidden audience of those that have ceased is also counted, which awaiting refreshments, have not yet closed, however, outlines a serious difficulty in the sector in recovering the pre-Covid numbers -19 ”underlines Confartigianato itself.
"The 2020 of women entrepreneurs clearly suffered the effects of the pandemic - says the President of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna, Maria Amelia Lai - the decline in the overall employment rate was particularly affected by the contraction relating to self-employed workers: among these, women they were more penalized ".
"This is also why we must commit ourselves to increasing the number of businesses led by women - continues Lai - and the lines of the Women's Business Fund (in the 2021 budget law, 40 million euros are integrated with a further 400 million, according to the provisions of the PNRR ), focus on investments; the first for the start-up of the activity and support for the birth of female enterprises while the second for the consolidation and strengthening of the financial and equity structure of female enterprises. The last point, on the other hand, is dedicated to programs and initiatives for the dissemination of female entrepreneurial culture and training and orientation programs
towards subjects and professions in which the presence of women is still marginal ".
Lai also underlines the two watchwords of female entrepreneurship in Sardinia, namely "fatigue and resilience".
"The hope that we can, and must, make us - concludes Lai - is that every woman can, in a short time, conquer what is most expensive for herself, such as: autonomy, respect, paid motherhood for
independent, cultural change, trust, consideration, sharing of care time, freedom of choice, not having to choose between work and family, protection, opportunities, security, equal skills, more time, no renunciation and peace of mind ".
According to the Confartigianato report, at a territorial level, in the old province of Cagliari there are 16,114 women enterprises of which 2,464 are artisans (15.3% of the total female enterprises), in Sassari-Gallura there are 12,652 of which 2,075 are artisans (16.4% ), in Nuoro there are 7,456 of which 1,056 (14.2%) are artisans and in Oristano 3,132 with 350 artisans (11.2%).
(Unioneonline / lf)