Purpose The research focuses on women entrepreneurship policies and challenges, opportunities for women entrepreneurs, and the moderating role of entrepreneurship sustainability among women who own SMEs.
Methodology As a part of an empirical and descriptive research study, 509 women entrepreneurs operating in Egypt were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. The study also uses structural equation modeling (SEM) as the method of analysis for the various variables by quantitative analysis.
Findings It shows that women entrepreneurship strategies and policies influence the kinds of policies and opportunities that women entrepreneurs encounter. In addition, this paper reveals that entrepreneurship sustainability effectively moderates the relation of those policies to the outcomes; small and medium-sized enterprises are clearly distinct in this connection.
Originality It illustrates the significance of the subjects concerning sustainability to increase the efficiency of the policies for the development of entrepreneurship, especially when concerning the problems and opportunities for females. This work supports the existing knowledge on policy direction and sustainable practices that can be adopted to enhance women in the entrepreneurship realm and comes as a pointer to the policymakers and practitioners interested in the businesses owned by women.