02/10/2016
“When women move forward, the family moves, the village moves and the nation moves….”
-Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
If entrepreneurship is on the rise, then women entrepreneurship is having an equal amount of buzz.It is estimated that women entrepreneurs presently comprise about 10% of the total number of entrepreneurs in India, which is likely to be doubled in the next five years.
Though the changing role of women in business is being gradually acknowledged, the journey is still fraught with immense challenges. The woman entrepreneur faces a plethora of problems when it comes to embarking upon her own entrepreneurial venture.
Majority of the women face the challenge of not being taken seriously. In addition, their family members did not approve, or are not confident of them being entrepreneurs.Moving in and around the market is again a tough job for women entrepreneurs in the Indian social system.
Besides the challenges, women should inspire themselves and keep moving forward. Success stories of many women entrepreneur sets the example for other women to take chances and achieve success.
Women like Patricia Narayan, Sarla Bastian, Kiran Majumdar etc represents the few of successful women entrepreneur. Women's entrepreneurship can make a particularly strong contribution to the economic well-being of family and communities, poverty reduction and women's empowerment, thus contributing to the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs).
- Tanu Shree
