More than 30 women entrepreneurs, ecosystem players, policy makers, and changemakers came together to celebrate the launch of TPSA Project and ANGIN’s latest report Overview of Women Entrepreneurs in Indonesia and Canada: Focus on SMEs and Start-Ups.

At the event, ANGIN Principal Valencia Dea presented key highlights of the report, which discusses the state of women’s entrepreneurship in Canada and Indonesia. The report identifies various types of policies, programs, and financing solutions that ecosystem players in Indonesia and Canada have implemented to promote and support women entrepreneurs, particularly women in small and medium-sized business (SME) and startups. Canada was selected as the country of comparison because of its extensive and varied programs that support and promote women entrepreneurs. The 2018 MasterCard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) ranked Canada 7th out of 57 countries on the conditions that support women entrepreneurs. Indonesia, by comparison, ranked 30th.

According to the report, Indonesia’s stakeholders have been putting ongoing effort to promote and support entrepreneurship in Indonesia. However, only a few of the interventions are addressing women’s challenges and needs. The report notes that while there is a growing effort from Indonesian stakeholders to develop the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystems, plenty of room remains for specific and tailored interventions for women entrepreneurs.