Challenges affecting women in the informal sector developing their businesses in Zanzibar: A study of women in the Cosmetic Industry

Abstract

This dissertation provides a detailed study of the challenges affecting women in the informal sector in developing their businesses; particularly in cosmetic industry in Zanzibar. Several methodologies and data collection methods were utilized to present the „lived realities‟ of these vulnerable and marginalized women. Methodologies such as Women‟s Law Approach, Human Rights and Grounded theory which seek to reveal a true understanding of the „position‟ of these women were used. The research proposes solutions to the problems that are legislative, socio-economic and administrative.