A Study on Women Entrepreneurship: Opportunities and Challenges
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https://doi.org/10.51983/ajms-2019.8.3.2707Keywords:
Female Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Economic PerformanceAbstract
Women devote and commit the family, which leads to society and Nation. Social as well as the economic development of women is necessary for the overall development of any society as well as the nation. Entrepreneurship is an inbuilt state of mind of every female individual but not been capitalized in the proper way in which it should be. This research paper on women entrepreneurship has been highly inspired by gender equality issues and development. Today researchers and policies have been more and more fuelled with the idea for women entrepreneurs’ importance for economic growth. Women entrepreneurs are assumed to face the experience of gender inequality and also experience hurdles when starting up and running a business than their male counterparts. The purpose of this empirical study is addressed to find out various motivating and de-, motivating internal and external factors. Reviews the main obstacles facing the female entrepreneurs, also suggest the way for elimination and reduction of such hurdles for development.
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