Most of them are street vendors, shops, in trade, providing support to local communities with specific services etc. As you wrote in #3, they also stick longer to their business.

The problem is not with entrepreneurship but with technology entrepreneurship. It’s a space where many celebrate the 2 guys in a garage (sorry basement, we’re in Canada), the code marathons, breathing and living with tech tools etc. may not appeal to women.

And this is not going to change any time soon, I’ve seen the stats in engineering in universities or CEGEPs and it’s not pretty for years to come. In fact, women are leaving the field in droves

One thing that can be done is highlight how women could get things done by co-organizing democamps, the girls I know working in Montréal startups as strategists, designers, UX specialists, VPs of marketing, co-founders, bloggers (venture cap TV), etc. You could ask Tanya McGinnity to hold a camp on the topic

I never noticed that women where better at “transformational leadership” or planning for example. But that’s just my humble experience.

However, I can offer some insight into why women are more likely than men to become entrepreneurs: women are more likely than men to face the “glass ceiling” problem in traditional companies. Therefore, their only way to progress in their career is … to start their own business! I have personally witnessed that women have in average a higher commitment than men when it comes to making their startup successful, maybe simply because alternatives (e.g. finding a regular job) are not so good for them. Additionally, I believe (and that’s supported by both experience and research) that a balance of men/women in the workplace is healthy, including in tech businesses.
Well, that’s just my 2 cents