The theme of this paper is women's entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia. Female entrepreneurship refers to an economic entity which majority is owned by women. Name of female entrepreneurship stands for the traditional roles of men and women, where historically women were intended to be guardian of the home and mothers, while the man was the breadwinner of the family. Women now have more difficult undertake to entrepreneurial ventures because they face many obstacles related to gender inequality, and lack of support in all aspects of family members to friends. The work of a woman, especially in recent decades, has significantly contributed to the development of the global economy and individual areas of activity. One of the most important characteristics of modernization and post-modernization processes in the labor market is certainly the entry of women in to that market, as a result of the expansion of industrialization, the process of globalization and the emancipation of women's movements. The purpose and goal of this paper is to describe the situation of women in the world of entrepreneurship, theirs participation in paid work, and the natural and social value of women's work as an important determinant of economic globalization process. This paper describes the history of women through entrepreneurship and all the factors that affect the launch entrepreneurial ventures. The work includes a comparison between women entrepreneurs and men entrepreneurs, and is all illustrated through tables and graphs for easier understanding. In researching and writing this paper was used scientific methods. There was used logical processes in order to more accurately determine the facts. Also there was used statistical methods when researching statistics data. In preparing this paper there was used scientific and technical literature, and sources downloaded from websites.