An Integrated Policy Framework for Women-Led Social Entrepreneurship in Balochistan: Islamic Business and the Great Female Heritage, Hazrat Khadijah (RA)

The research work offers a policy framework for female social entrepreneurs and nation builders in Balochistan. The gender imbalance and development needs of Balochistan demand findings that are meaningful, theory-based, and action plan-oriented, as indicated by research. The research used explanatory sequential mixed methods to meet these objectives. The researcher used the concept of Islamic business and the great female heritage, Hazrat Khadijah (RA), to create a motivation-based paradigm and decode the paradigm of causation, effectuation, and bricolage in the entrepreneurial paradigm. The multi-tiered policy model quantitative phase of the research work involved survey research with 280 stakeholders and the use of a structural equation model. The structural equation model facilitated the conceptual framework from foundation to development pipeline for women social entrepreneurs and dual empowerment outcomes for women's socio-economic empowerment, community-based social innovation, institutional support, and development.