Covid-19 has worsened the picture for female entrepreneurs since many operate in the hard-hit retail sector, usually start out with less capital, which makes them more vulnerable to external shocks, and school closings disproportionally affected women, obliging them to assume additional childcare and homeschooling roles.
If we look at encouraging female entrepreneurship, just like studying how to fight female discrimination in tech, we find that these are part of a bigger problem and that diverse solutions are needed.
For example, only 7 percent of meetups in Europe are directed towards females. While this on its own should not be indicative of support, there seems to be a link between regions with more female-focused events and the number of female entrepreneurs.