My analysis focuses on girls entrepreneurs in Halmahera, Moluccas, in positioning themselves throughout the native cultural perspective, and their constructive contribution as initiators supporting tourism growth. Inside a male-dominated social construction, they face challenges working their companies, however persist despite marginalising geographical, financial and cultural circumstances. Preliminary information reveals that the patriarchal tradition in North Halmahera stay sturdy however doesn’t get rid of the will of girls entrepreneurs to run their companies, though the outcomes are nonetheless restricted. As well as, they’ll nonetheless place themselves each as entrepreneurs and housewives. By means of small companies initiatives girls entrepreneurs contribute to their local people.
This publication was supported by an ANU Gender Institute grant which offered funds for New Mandala and Connecting Designs to run a collection of workshops supporting early profession teachers investigating problems with gender and sexuality in Southeast Asia to develop their audio-visual analysis communication expertise.
