El emprendimiento femenino como indicador de sostenibilidad. Análisis en época de crisis económica: El caso de Málaga

The female contribution to the entrepreneurial activity, which promotes effective equality and makes the citizens co-responsible for its development (from a perspective focused on the promotion of a sustainable development), has been showing an increase in times of economic prosperity. However, there exist some gaps on the impact of the past economic crisis. The main objective of this research is to inquire about this fact and contributes to its visibility as an indicator of sustainability. Therefore, this work offers a study of the situation of entrepreneur women in the province of Malaga in the period 2008-2015. The results are striking, since it is exposed an increase in female entrepreneurship in this period, although at a great distance from men entrepreneurship levels.