The role of entrepreneurship education for women entrepreneurship development

Entrepreneurship often gets in media features of legend: we heard stories of ordinary people who had a successful idea (more or less in their field of professional preparation) that they put it out with maximum results. Even they are fewer, some examples of successful female entrepreneurs appear increasingly often also in different areas. A World Bank study from 2011 placed Romania on position 56 in terms of ease of doing business (out of 183 countries) and on position 44 in terms of resources to be invested (time, cost, procedures, minimum capital etc.). Statistics places us in an area relatively favorable for development of entrepreneurship in general and especially of female entrepreneurship. However, studies in the field appreciate that female entrepreneurship is decreasing mainly due to financial crisis and that involvement of women has decreased over the years, especially among women in entrepreneurship. The main factors that caused these negative values can be associated with economic and financial crisis which had different effects in different socio-economic areas and with entrepreneurship education in schools and beyond. At the same time, not to forget the factors that enter also into discussion like the gender discrimination, the status of women in Romanian society and women's reasons for activities on their own. This paper aims to analyze the existing entrepreneurship education in the current system of education in relation to the current status of women in Romanian society and the development of female entrepreneurship and to present some ways of enhancing the entrepreneurial behavior among women. Are also considered the training programs as an alternative source of education to develop entrepreneurial skills.