The research aimed to determine the degree of knowledge of the respondents about societal, economic, institutional and legislative requirements to enable them to pursue entrepreneurship, the degree of importance of these requirements, and the relationship of the independent variables to the degree of knowledge and importance of these requirements in general.                                                                      
The research was conducted on 267 respondents from the villages of Al-Zummar, Jalimwa, and Kafr Salama, Dakahlia Governorate. The questionnaire was used to collect field data during of June and July 2023, Appropriate statistical methods were used to present the results.
ـThe degree in the respondents' knowledge of the societal, economic, institutional and legislative requirements for their empowerment, as their percentage in the moderate level category 44.9%, 50.2%, 41.9%.
ـLow opinion of respondents on the importance of social, economic, institutional and legislative requirements for their empowerment, as their percentage in the category of high level of importance 21%, 34.1%, 19.1%.
-The positive, correlation between educational level of the respondent and husband, size of agricultural holding, cultural openness, membership of organizations, opinion leadership, for the respondents and their overall knowledge of the requirements studied.
ـThe positive correlation between: husband's educational level, size of agricultural holding, cultural openness, membership of organizations, and the respondents' opinion on the importance of the requirements in general.
- research recommendations: Directing media and guidance programs to raise awareness of rural women about ways to empower them for entrepreneurship and providing facilities and support for them in small and micro-enterprises to achieve this.