Women Entrepreneurs Profile, Status, and Prospects in Region 1 (CY2010)

1. Women Entrepreneurs:
Profile, Status and
Prospects in Region 1
FLORANTE O. LEAL, CESO III
Regional Director
Department of Trade and Industry
Region 1 – City of San Fernando
2010 PFLCW 8th
General Assembly
Sison Auditorium, Provincial Capitol
Lingayen, Pangasinan
11 November 2010 – 10:15 AM

2. SME Profile in the Region
(CY 2003-2007)
*BNR Data CY 2003-2007, DTI RO1
SIZE NUMBER %
Share
Micro 75,229 98.57
Small 908 1.19
Medium 137 0.18
Large 46 0.06
TOTAL 76,320 100%

3. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on Business Name Registration
(CY2003-CY2007)
Data shows there were more
female Business Name Registrants
within the 5 year period
*BNR Data CY 2003-2007, DTI RO1
Year Total BNR Male %
Share
Female %
Share
2003 13,954 5,887 42.19 8,067 57.80
2004 15,451 6,472 41.89 8,979 58.10
2005 15,326 6,562 42.82 8,764 57.17
2006 16,244 7,028 43.27 9,216 56.72
2007 15,345 6,466 42.14 8,879 57.85

4. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs Based on BNR per Sector
(CY2003-CY2007) *BNR Data CY 2003-2007, DTI RO1
Year Sector Total Male % Share Female % Share
2003 Manufacturing
Service
Trading
817
4,882
8,255
435
2,320
3,115
53.24
47.52
37.74
383
2,561
5,140
46.76
52.48
62.26
Total 13,954 5,870 42.06 8,084 57.80
2004 Manufacturing
Service
Trading
857
5,332
9,262
387
2,675
3,379
45.15
50.18
36.48
470
2,657
5,883
54.85
49.82
63.52
Total 15,451 6,441 41.89 9,010 58.11
2005 Manufacturing
Service
Trading
782
4,892
9,652
399
2,343
5,356
51.02
47.89
55.49
383
2,549
4,296
49.98
52.11
44.51
Total 15,326 8,098 52.86 7,228 47.14
2006 Manufacturing
Service
Trading
850
6,334
9,060
449
2,972
3,565
52.83
46.92
39.35
401
3,362
5,495
47.17
53.08
60.65
Total 16,244 6,986 43.27 9,258 56.73
2007 Manufacturing
Service
Trading
861
6,630
7,854
411
3,016
3,040
47.85
45.49
38.70
450
3,614
4,814
52.15
54.51
61.30
Total 15,345 6,467 42.14 8,878 57.86

5. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on DTI Assisted SME’s in Region 1
(CY 2007)
Sector Total Male % Share Female % Share
GTH 179 89 49.72 90 50.28
Processed Food 1,294 483 37.32 811 62.68
Handloom 100 40 40.00 60 60.00
Home Furnishing 394 210 53.29 184 46.71
Grand Total/
% Share to Total
1,967 822 41.78 1,145 58.22

6. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on the Number of Participants Attended the DTI
Training Programs (CY 2003-2007)
* SME Programs CY 2003-2007, DTI RO1
Year Client’s Training Total Male %
Share
Female %
Share
2003 Skills (Basic/Upgrading)
Managerial
Entrepreneurial
4245 2273 53.55 1972 46.45
2004 Skills (Basic/Upgrading)
Managerial
Entrepreneurial
2842 1004 35.32 1838 64.68
2005 Skills (Basic/Upgrading)
Managerial
Entrepreneurial
2412 846 35.07 1566 64.03
2006 Skills (Basic/Upgrading)
Managerial
Entrepreneurial
3352 1577 47.04 1775 52.96
2007 Skills (Basic/Upgrading)
Managerial
Entrepreneurial
3244 951 29.31 2293 70.69
% Share to Total 16095 6651 41.32 9444 58.68

7. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on Overseas Employment
Available Data of NSO, Region 1
*NSO Data CY 2005, Region 1
Total Male %
Share
Female %
Share
402,000 136,000 33.83 266,000 66.17
CY 2005

8. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on OWWA Assisted Clients CY2007
*OWWA Data 2007, Region 1
Province Total Male %
Share
Female %
Share
Ilocos Norte 265 83 31.32 182 68.68
Ilocos Sur 5 1 20.00 4 80.00
La Union 15 5 33.33 10 66.67
Pangasinan 336 134 39.88 202 60.12
Grand Total 621 223 35.90 398 64.10

9. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on DSWD Assisted Clients
CY 2007
*DSWD Data 2007, Region 1
Province Total Male %
Share
Female %
Share
Ilocos Norte 233 37 15.88 196 84.12
Ilocos Sur 276 56 20.28 220 79.72
La Union 381 64 16.80 317 83.20
Pangasinan 763 61 8.00 702 92.00
Grand Total 1,653 218 13.19 1,435 86.81

10. Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on DOLE Assisted Clients
*DOLE Data 2007, Region 1
Province Total Male %
Share
Female %
Share
Ilocos Norte 2,269 1,335 58.83 934 41.17
Ilocos Sur 347 114 32.85 233 67.15
La Union 290 126 43.44 164 56.56
Pangasinan 2,376 1,295 54.50 1,081 45.50
Grand Total 5,282 2,870 54.33 2,412 45.67
CY2007

11. *TESDA Data 2007, Region 1
Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Based on TESDA Assisted Clients
Province Total Male %
Share
Female %
Share
Ilocos Norte 8,075 2,900 35.91 5,175 64.09
Ilocos Sur 2,039 683 33.49 1,356 66.51
La Union 1,668 785 47.06 883 52.94
Pangasinan 2,155 577 26.77 1,578 73.23
Grand Total 13,937 4,945 35.48% 8,992 64.52%
CY2007

12. Support Programs for Women
Entrepreneurs in Region 1 by RLAs
Kind of Program Implementing Agency
H.A.T.A.W. – Harnessing Appropriate Technology to
Assist Women which seeks technology based
solutions to community-based problems in
general, and lack of women’s economic
opportunities in particular. Sample projects like
development of virgin coconut oil; harvesting
janitor fish as alternative source of fuel; and
tapping safe biotechnology practices to boost
productivity.
P340 M has been
earmarked for this
project
To be implemented by
the DOST
nationwide
P.O.W.E.R. – Projects for Women Entrepreneurs
which provides additional capital infusion and
bridge financing. This can be utilized to start uf a
“Botika sa Barangay” and “Tindahan Natin”
outlets.
P43 M has been allotted
through the DSWD
for implementation
nationwide

13. Regular Skills/Entrepreneurship
Training Program such as:
 Commercial Cooking
 Dressmaking
 Food and Beverage Services
 Food Processing
 Housekeeping
 Jewelry Making
PGMA-Training for Work
Scholarship Program:
 Care giving
 Household Services
Reintegration Program and
Entrepreneurship Program
TESDA’s Free Training Program
Entry Requirements:
 Must be at least 16 years old
 Must be a high school graduate
and
 Must pass the qualifying
examination and interviews
Contact: tesdawomen@yahoo.com
Implemented by OWWA Region 1
thru their OFW “Groceria” Project
& OWWA-NLSF
Support Programs for Women
Entrepreneurs in Region 1 by RLAs

14. Support Programs for Women
Entrepreneurs in Region 1 by RLAs
 Women Workers’ Employment &
Entrepreneurship Development
(WEED)
 Promotion of Rural Employment thru
Self-Employment and
Entrepreneurship Development
(PRESEED)
Implemented by the DOLE under the
Bureau of Women & Young Workers
(BWYW)
Other Fund Access Programs:
 An Act Providing Assistance to
Women Entrepreneurs (RA 7882)
 Recognizes the special role of women
in development and supports women
entrepreneurs who are engaged in
manufacturing, processing, service and
trading businesses
GFIs like LBP and the DBP are mandated
to provide assistance to:
 NGOs engaged in developing
women’s enterprises to a limit of P2M,
provided the NGO has an operating
track record of a year;
 Existing women enterprises to the
upper limit of P50,000.00 and
 Potential women entrepreneurs with
sufficient training up to a limit of
P25,000.00 each.

15.  UN Millennium Development Goals
 Goal No. 3: Promote Gender
Equality & Women
Empowerment
Source: SIDLAK Gender
Resource

16.  Women greatly comprise the micro-
entrepreneurs in the country (GEM 2006
Survey)
 Of 42 countries, the Philippines
registered the 2nd highest rate of women
involved in business
 Although on a global scale there are
more men in business, in the Philippines
the women are as likely to go into
business as men.

17. DTI Business Name Registration: More
women register new businesses BUT their
numbers decline when it comes to business
name renewals (done once every five years.
In 2008, 49 percent of those who registered for a new
business name were female, while 42 percent were
male. The remaining nine percent were registered as
corporations, cooperatives and partnerships
Source: Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI- HO), 2008

18. …more female than male
entrepreneurs took part in
DTI trainings (52 percent)
and availed of the business
development services of DTI
for MSMEs (54 percent).
Source: Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI-HO), 2008

19.  Enhancing Competitiveness thru
Gender Mainstreaming
DTI’s Support Programs
for Women Entrepreneurs
in Region 1

20.  apply a customized gender mainstreaming approach that is
suited to the business and economic environment specific to the
Philippines.
“…this particular approach veers away from the traditional
framework that highlights the plight of women (for
example, the feminization of poverty), and which pinpoints
gender discrimination against women as a cause for them
not being able to access finance, services, or pursue
business opportunities.
It rather highlights the fact that, as women owners comprise
more than half of registered businesses in the Philippines,
their potential as successful entrepreneurs is a
competitive advantage that the country must
harness.”
Source: GTZ-PSP GAD Briefing Paper

21. SMART ECONOMICS….
…why it makes sense to integrate gender
 Provides a strategic focus that looks at
women’s and men’s access to resources
and opportunities and also specifically
addresses gender related constraints to
running a business successfully, enhancing
productivity and making businesses grow.

22.  Looking at the national perspective, women from all
parts of the region is encouraged to become
enterprising considering that the “government is
determined to succeed in supporting the
economic empowerment of women” as their
significant role to the development of the nation is
recognized by both national and local leaders.
(March 2008, by President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo in Malacañang during the
Women’s Month Celebration)
Prospects of Women
Entrepreneurs in Region 1

23.  A potential to succeed considering the menu of
available services infused by different regional
line agencies such as technical, capability/skills
training, marketing and financing programs, as
presented.
 The menu of available assistance given by the
identified RLAs is a springboard to give
economic value to women’s contribution to bring
about globalized economy in the countryside.
Prospects of Women
Entrepreneurs in Region 1

24. Womentrepreneurs…
According to Peny Azarcon de la Cruz of PDI -
Women Entrepreneurs are:
 More mature
 More enterprising
 More adventurous
 Hands-on management due to household chores
 More innovative and good at management

25. Summary
 Women entrepreneurs and would-be
entrepreneurs from this region can never go
wrong if they opt to become
“Entrepreneurial”. One only has to look
around, explore and hone one’s Personal
Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs) to
achieve “Economic Empowerment”.

26. Thank you!