'Mumpreneur': Is the term empowering or patronising?
The term 鈥渕umpreneur鈥� entered the Collins dictionary in 2011 and is defined as 鈥渁 woman who combines running a business enterprise with looking after her children鈥�. So why has new research revealed that more than 60% of British business women think the term 鈥渕umpreneur鈥� is unhelpful and nearly half find it patronising? Jenni talks to the founder of Green and Blacks, Jo Fairley, and to Erin Thomas Wong who founded the Making Mumpreneurs network.
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