Lost and found: our female graduates is now Mumpreneurs / Masrul Hayati Kamarulzaman ... [et al.]

Mumpreneur!! What is Mumpreneur?? Mumpreneur is a term which combines the words motherhood and entrepreneurship. Women was motivated to build and develop their own micro businesses in order to fulfill their self-confidence, self-sufficiency and as well as to help their spouse by increasing the income of their families. In Malaysia, phenomenon of Mumpreneurs was because of many women left the workforce after they got married and have children. It has been reported that the numbers of working women was high before they are married and owns a child and the number of working women have been decreasing after they are married and owns a child (Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, (2016). This situation is harmful to our economic development because based on the statistic of University enrollment shows that women gross enrolment ratio in tertiary education (certificate, diploma and degree) increased nearly 20% between 2000 and 2009 and where at 2010, the enrolment of females in public tertiary institutions was at 60.1 percent (MWFCD, 2014).