Health in women entrepreneurs: rights and challenges

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women’s health, wellbeing, entrepreneurship, working women, occupational health, woman entrepreneur

Abstract

The crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemics made it possible greater incorporation of women to self-employment, which has favored the family and countries’ economies. Woman entrepreneur has faced difficulties of the gender gap and the anxiety of maintaining the balance between family and business life. This work aims to make visible the health problems of women entrepreneurs —very little studied in Cuba—, since safe work environments are needed, which guarantee their rights to comprehensive well-being, and thus achieve greater productivity.

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2023-09-25

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Luna-Ceballos EJ, León-Luna D, Rodríguez-Acosta Y. Health in women entrepreneurs: rights and challenges. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2023 Sep. 25 [cited 2025 Jan. 22];45(5):e5262. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/5262

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Vol. 45 No. 5 (2023)

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Opinion article

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