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Even though female entrepreneurship and the formation of female-owned business networks is steadily rising, there are a number of challenges and obstacles that female entrepreneurs face. One major challenge for female entrepreneurs faces traditional gender roles that are structurally internalized by society.
In fact, in terms of entrepreneurship as an occupation, 7% of total entrepreneurs in India are women, while the remaining 93% are men. [45] Another 2011 study conducted by Colin Williams and Anjula Gurtoo, published in the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship describes women entrepreneurs face several barriers in the development ...
Kalpana Saroj (born 1961) is an Indian business woman, entrepreneur and a TEDx speaker, [1] and the chairperson of Kamani Tubes in Mumbai, India.Known as Indian Woman entrepreneur, she bought the distressed assets of Kamani Tubes Company and successfully steered the company back to profitability.
The barriers women face to becoming entrepreneurs are exemplified through the perspectives of existing female entrepreneurs in Kenya. Mary Okello, the executive director of a cluster of private schools called Makini schools, discussed the difficulty of accessing loans.
In South Asia, women entrepreneurs lead 20% of social enterprises. [1] Women-led businesses provide economic empowerment especially in cultural contexts where women are not the main breadwinners. [3] [4] India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh all of which have seen a rise in social businesses in the last few decades. [1]
CII launched Indian Women Network (IWN) in 2013 to develop women workforce and work towards challenges faced by them at the workplace. [80] [81] Through CII's National Committee on Women Empowerment, IWN engages with the government, industry and thought leaders to shape inclusive policy for women workforce. [82]
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. [3] She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, [4] a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India [5] and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. [6]
To counter the perception that Indian women are most useful in the household, SEWA makes visible the crafts, skills, and value of female labour to the Indian economy. [ 7 ] [ 23 ] More than the Indian economy, self-employed women have a role in social hemispheres with few outlets to participate—SEWA works to bridge that gap by acting as a ...