Availability, use of, and access to, technology differ notably according to gender. The idea prevailing within the collective unconscious is that technology has gender, and that gender is masculine. Access to financing will make it possible to acquire new or adequate technology for development, along with a more aggressive insertion into the national and even international market, resulting from the creation of new commercial alliances and more sophisticated levels of production. This aspect has been limited, particularly by subjective and differential valuation in the administration of women's and men's time. Considering the increased number of businesses owned by women in recent years, the role of mentors is key.
Mentors are the persons who help their proteges to grow at the professional and personal level.
They serve as models of competence and excellence. They embody what it takes to make it in their firms. They provide a variety of career development functions, such as providing feedback, coaching, developing talent through job assignments, and supporting and promoting proteges to more senior levels. There is evidence that mentors may be quite critical to the career success of women, and that women appear to have a more difficult time developing mentor relationship than men. The interests of women business owners are not represented in government policies or in multilateral negotiations.