1 Conceptualizing Gender and Entrepreneurial Learning – A Review of Literature Ayesha Abrar, Asma Rauf and Madiha Gohar 1 ______________________________________ Abstract This study is a conceptual exploration of entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs from disciplinary and methodological perspectives. It provides a holistic review of literate in order to describe the current landscape of gender based research within entrepreneurship filed with respect to entrepreneurial learning. The paper also aims to identify the opportunities and new vistas for further research in relation to gender based research within field of entrepreneurial learning. The conceptualisations from non-entrepreneurship studies on learning of female entrepreneur view female entrepreneurs as an adult learner only hence overlooking the role of entrepreneurial context in such learning. Studies from filed of entrepreneurship has recognised the role of context and environment in regional and geographical terms. This review suggests that there is meagre baseline knowledge of the entrepreneurial learning of women entrepreneurs and that qualitative researches are needed in order to generate more grounded knowledge on the subject matter. ______________________________________ Introduction Recent years have witnessed valuable contribution by women entrepreneurs to national economies in terms of job creation, economic growth and development (Henry & Johnston 2007). According to an estimate there are currently ten million self-employed women in Europe, with female-owned firms comprising between a quarter and a third of the business population worldwide (National Foundation for Women Business Owners 1997; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2000; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004 cited in Henry & Johnston 2007). Consequently, acceptance of importance of female entrepreneurship seems to have increased both among researchers and policy makers (Carter, 2000). 1 Authors are doctoral students at Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department, University of Essex. Address correspondence to Ayesha Abrar, Doctoral Researcher, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, Essex Business School, Southend Campus, University of Essex, SS1 1LW, UK. email: aabrar@essex.ac.uk