DIRECTIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP THAT INCREASE EMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN THE ECONOMY.

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The article discusses issues related to increasing entrepreneurial activity and its contribution to ensuring employment in the country , ensuring employment through the creation ofnewjobs, and factors that contributeto improvingpeople's well-being. Keywords: entrepreneurship, environment, business, investment, entrepreneurial activity, employment ,subsidy . Login. In the development of socio-economic development, which is apriority for every country, the level of dignity of the country's population, worldview, principles of national and religious beliefs, as well as gender equality issues, are recognized as the main influencing factors. Taking into account these factors, the directions of economic and social development are being determined in our country. In particular, the issue of women's participation in entrepreneurial activity, which is seen as the main lever of the economy today, occupies an important place among theprimary and priority tasks ofthestate. The expansion of women's participation in entrepreneurial activities, first of all, at the level of their own and family life, gradually leads to the formation of positive results in the surrounding environment, neighborhood, district, region and the entire state, society. Currently, entrepreneurial activity requires from aperson the qualities of sensitivity, intelligence, leadership, striving for victory, the ability to compromise on controversial issues, and the ability to combine family interests with business. At this point, it should be noted that the high level of formation of these qualities in women helps them achieve good results in entrepreneurial activity. Another important feature of women's entrepreneurship is that they create businesses based on creative and innovative ideas that provide solutions to social problems. According to economists, currently, countries with a higher share of women in entrepreneurial activity are less likely to experience a slowdown in economic growth and are less prone to financial crises. Based on the information provided, it can be noted that women's entrepreneurship is becoming one of the foundations ofsocial development. Analysis and results. As a practical confirmation of this data, if we pay attention to Figure 1, in 2023, the participation rates of women in the labor market are becoming much higher in countries around the world. In this data, Kazakhstan has the highest rate of 63 percent, China has 61percent, Finland has 58 percent, Russiaand Kyrgyzstan have 54percent, Turkmenistan has 49 percent, and Uzbekistan has 40 percent. The indicators in the Republic of Uzbekistan show a lower rate compared to neighboring countries. These data indicate that we need to carry out multifaceted reforms to ensure theparticipation of women in thelabor market. Along with female labor market employment rates, studying women's levels of entrepreneurial activitycan provideinsights into theirparticipation in theeconomy. https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue5,2025 367 Figure 1.Women's labor market participation rates (2023) According to Figure 2, Finland has the highest percentage of women-owned businesses at 44 percent, followed by Kyrgyzstan and Russia at 34 percent, Kazakhstan at 31 percent, and Uzbekistan at 26 percent. This data shows the need to focus on women's entrepreneurial activity andeconomic activity incountries around theworld. In line with the socio-economic development trends of countries around the world, the priority tasks of our state are to increase the employment rate of women in our country and to ensure this byinvolvingthem in entrepreneurship, as part of economicgrowth programs. Figure 2Proportionof women-owned enterprises [UNDP, 2025] As a result of the ongoing reforms, in 2023, small businesses accounted for 55 percent of the country's GDP. Of the approximately 5.2 million entrepreneurs operating in 2024, 2.1 million were women. This figure is seven times higher than in 2020, while almost 35 percent of women employed in the economy are women entrepreneurs. If we study the level of activity of women entrepreneurs by sector, they are very active in the trade, production and service sectors. At the sametime, women implement 90percent ofsocial projects in theeducation sector. As a result of large-scale reforms in our country on gender equality and women's rights, our country's score in the World Bank's "Women, Business and the Law" index has increased by 11.9 points and is included in the list of 5 countries that are actively implementing reforms on genderequality issues. Wecan see theseresults in thefigure below. https://ijmri.de/index.php/jmsi volume 4,issue5,2025 368 Figure 3.Rankingof leading cities byWorldBank's Women,Business and theLaw Index (2024) In order to increase women's employment and their broad involvement in entrepreneurial activities, 17 trillion soums of loans were allocated in 2024. As a result of the attention given, last year our female entrepreneurs created products wort