these independent immigrant women reject passivity and dependence on the welfare system and their husbands to a great extent they are able to have a career and manage to employ their qualifications in the business and they exhibit tendencies similar to native entrepreneurs in choosing branch and niche this example can be also considered as the second category of immigrant women entrepreneurs defined by abbasian and bildt this category includes women who despite a certain level of independence are still dominated by men in their business their decisions and actions