the first programme launched on november was the venture tool box a foundation exercisecourse for business owners and managers who want to gain further understanding of some of the fundamental principles associated with owning and operating a startup or established business however such a perspective risks discounting the gendered interpretation and implementation of genderneutral economic laws chamlou and policies banks also appear to demonstrate little awareness of culturally driven constraints faced by women entrepreneurs such as their mobility and higher demands on their time which may further limit their ability to access finance ifc instead some of the banks questioned the need to develop specific financial products targeting women entrepreneurs