This report focuses on the environment within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for women’s entrepreneurship. Beyond existing structural barriers related to access to finance and a lack of knowledge regarding entrepreneurship and business start-up, the report finds that many women perceive gender discriminatory attitudes in society as barriers to starting a business. In addition to highlighting a number of good practices that emerge from the available evidence base, this report also contributes more generally to the literature on gender-related norms by presenting new evidence on the impact of mass media on people’s perceptions related to women in business.