"Unveiling Entrepreneurial Identities: Perspectives from Women Entrepreneurs in the Global South" by Manesha Peiris explores the lived experiences of 44 women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka (https://doi.org/10.1344/jesb.43208). The study examines their views on entrepreneurship and their strategies for belonging to business communities through an intersectional lens that considers gender, race-ethnicity, social class, and lifecycle stage. This article is part of a Special Issue on women as economic actors in the Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, edited by Beatriz Rodríguez-Satizabal, Laura Milanes-Reyes, and Paula de la Cruz-Fernández 

(Vol. 10 No. 1, 2025). The issue is available at https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JESB/issue/view/3089.

Pathiranage Padmali Manesha Peiris is a Senior Lecturer in Reflective Practice and Project Management at Queen Mary University of London. Her research interests focus on gender and entrepreneurship. Her work in this area explores women’s entrepreneurial identities, structural barriers in the Global South, and feminist perspectives on business practices.

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