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I.
Introduction
Womens entrepreneurship needs to be studied separately for two main reasons. The first reason is that
womens entrepreneurship has been recognized during the last decade as an important untapped source of
economic growth. Women entrepreneurs create new jobs for themselves and others and by being different also
provide society with different solutions to management, organization and business problems as well as to the
exploitation of entrepreneurial opportunities. However, they still represent a minority of all entrepreneurs. Thus
there exists a market failure discriminating against womens possibility to become entrepreneurs and their
possibility to become successful entrepreneurs. This market failure needs to be addressed by policy makers so
that the economic potential of this group can be fully utilized.
The purpose of the paper to examine the constraints and opportunities facing female entrepreneurship
in developing countries at micro- and macro-level perspectives and seeks to provide a detailed account of
opportunities and constraints bought by entrepreneurship.
According to Kamala Singh," A women entrepreneur is a confident, innovative and creative woman
capable of achieving economic independence individually or in collaboration generates employment
opportunities for others through initiating establishing and running an enterprise by keeping pace with her
personal, family and social life.
According to Government of IndiaAn enterprise owned and controlled by a women having a
minimum financial interest of 51 per cent of the capital and giving at least 51 per cent of the employment
generated by the enterprise to women.
According toAPJ Abdul Kalam"Empowering women is a prerequisite for creating a good nation,
when women are empowered, society with stability is assured.Empowerment of women is essential as their
thoughts and their value systems lead to thedevelopment of a good family, good society and ultimately a good
nation."
According to the recent reports and studies female entrepreneurship has attracted a lot of attention in
recent years in light of concrete evidence that it supports economic growth anddevelopment.
Objectives of the Study
1. To discuss the problems faced by women entrepreneurs in India.
2. To discuss the major factors affecting the development of women entrepreneurship among various
countries.
3. To discuss the measures needed to improve the state of women entrepreneurship in India.
II.
Review Of Literature
Bowen &Hisrich, (1986), evaluated many research studies done on women entrepreneurship. It
concluded that female entrepreneurs are relatively well educated in general but are not having proper
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Korea
Vietnam
Bangladesh
Morocco
Kenya
Africa
access to capital
access to information
access to networks
financing
the effort to balance work and family
the prevailing social and cultural gender-based inequalities and biases
accessing credit from formal institutions in view of their limited access to
formal education, ownership of property, and social mobility
unequal access to opportunities and markets
include business experiences,
limited knowledge of marketing strategies,
Inadequate financing
Competition
Obtaining quality raw materials, and
balancing time between the enterprise and the family
lack of operational and managerial skills
Cultural constraints
Inefficient production mechanisms
lack of managerial skill
lack of technical skills,
confidence,
strong individual involvement
the willingness to take risks
constraints and barriers to obtaining money to start and grow their own
business.
Womens inexperience of negotiating with the banks
their lack of financial confidence
access to the essential abilities, skills and experiences for business
their dual (household) and triple (community) roles and responsibilities
lack of key dedicated time to be able to explore and nurture their own resources
lack of abilities, skills and expertise in certain business matters.
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III.
Conclusion
Women entrepreneurship in India faces many challenges and requires a radical change in attitudes and
mindsets of society. Therefore, programs should be designed to address changes in attitude and mindset of the
people. It is important to promote entrepreneurship among women to improve the economic situation of the
women. This can be made possible with the help of education as education is a powerful tool in bringing out the
entrepreneurship qualities in a human being.
Moreover, attempts to motivate inspire and assist women entrepreneurs should be made at all possible
levels. Proper training should be given to the women by establishing training institutes that can enhance their
level of work-knowledge, risk-taking abilities, enhancing their capabilities. After setting up training institutes,
there should be continuous monitoring, improvement of training programs so that they can improve upon the
quality of the entrepreneurs being produced in thecountry. Undoubtedly the women participation rate in the field
of entrepreneurship is increasing rapidly. However, efforts need to be taken at larger scale to give the position in
the field of entrepreneurship that they deserve. The actions & steps that has been taken by the government
sponsored development activities have benefited only a small strata of society and more needs to be done in this
area. Effective steps need to be taken to have entrepreneurial awareness and skill development to women.
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