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Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Hitesh Jhanji, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 5: Women Entrepreneurship

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
5.1 Scope of Entrepreneurship among Women
5.2 Working Environment

5.3 Challenges in the Path of Women Entrepreneurs
5.3.1 Lack of Confidence
5.3.2 Problems of Finance and Working Capital

5.3.3 Socio-cultural Barriers
5.3.4 Production Problems
5.3.5 Inefficient Marketing Arrangements

5.4 Women Empowerment
5.5 Summary
5.6 Keywords
5.7 Review Questions

5.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

Discuss the scope of entrepreneurship among women
Discuss the working environment for women entrepreneurs
Explain the concept of women empowerment through entrepreneurship
Discuss the challenges in the path of women entrepreneurs

Introduction

In the previous unit, we dealt with the legal issues for an intrepreneur and also discussed about
the Intellectual Property Rights in India. This unit will help you to understand the concept of
women entrepreneurship. The various sections and sub-sections of this unit will also summarize
the challenges in the path of women entrepreneurs.
It is estimated that presently women entrepreneurs comprise about 10% of the total entrepreneurs
in India. It is also clear that this percentage is growing every year. If prevailing trends continue,
it is not unlikely that in another five years, women will comprise 20% of the entrepreneurial
force in India. It is perhaps for these reasons that government bodies, NGO’s, Social Scientists,
Researchers and International agencies have started showing interest in the issues related to
entrepreneurship among women in India.

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