Extrait de la préface : "This SEED working paper [...] is quite unique in so far it is a synthesis of reports prepared for four separate countries, selected as being in some way representative of different socio-cultural, education, legal and political conditions where women are involved in micro-entrepreneurship in the developing world. [...] While the main purpose of the report is to look at the situation of women entrepreneurs in those four countries [Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and the Philippines], comparisons are also made between female and male entrepreneurs and this presents us with a very interesting and informative findings [...]. It is not sufficient to say that women entrepreneurs are disadvnatages, if in fact all micro and small scale entrepreneurs face problems. However, it becomes much more significant if we can point to barriers, problems and disadvantages experienced by women, that men do not have to experience, or at least not to the same degree. We find that male entrepreneurs are four-times more likely to be members of employers' organizations, chambers of commerce and small entreprise associations. The ILO is concerned about the quality and the quantity of jobs for women and men within small-scale enterprises. It is also concerned about the extent to which workers [...] are able to express their voice through associations and various decision-making fore. If women entrepreneurs are somehow "excluded" from representative associations of employers, then there is much that the ILO can and should do to rectify this situation."