Women Entrepreneurship

In this modern time, almost everything changes. As the famous line says “The only certain in this world is Change”. We could see everywhere from the infrastructure that are built, the food we eat, the characters and traits we have, the discoveries made by Science, and maybe the role that we possess in the society.

          But did you ever think about a woman’s role in these modern times. As we could see, it changes too. Long time ago a woman’s role is far different compared today. A woman has no power over things, as it is the man who brings every decision making for the family, and still as of today, many are doing this. A woman is left in the house, taking care of the family, deprived from many things like proper education.

          In this times of modernization, there are woman who empowers themselves, and becomes famous.  At the turn of the last century, there are successful woman entrepreneurs who come to the open and slowly spread there wings, to reach the skies of success. A study of women entrepreneur conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GED) last December, they found out that an estimated of 187 million women starting and running businesses in 59 economies. And that is a lot of women entrepreneur which is about to equal to the population of Brazil.

Studies on women entrepreneurs show that women have to cope with stereotype attitudes towards women on a daily basis. Business relations as customers, suppliers, banks, etc. constantly remind the entrepreneur that she is different, sometimes in a positive way such as by praising her for being a successful entrepreneur even though being a woman. They must be made part of the economic development, because it will ensure the economic & social development of the women along with providing more human resources to strengthen the economy of the country. The economic status of women is now accepted as an indicator of a society’s stage of development.

Classic women business pioneers showed us the way; Coco Channel, Mary Kay Ash and Debi Fields. These were women in women-centrist businesses – fashion, cosmetics and cookies. Then came, the ‘women in a men’s world’ era with Margaret Thatcher in politics, Oprah Winfrey in media, and Ann Mulcahy in technology. Tapping into a different part of their infinite resources to make it to the top in their field.

These women do not attain all this success without failures and frustrations. But they just overcome not because they want to show that they just can but because there is patience and perseverance that is built in there own. Some qualities to be acquired by women to become truly empowered are awareness about risk prevailing at home, in work place, in traveling and staying outside home. They should have political, legal, economic and health awareness. As women, she doesn't stop when she fails but she takes her heart with her, slowly regaining her self confidence for her loved ones. She believes that at the end of every struggles, there is something good to happen. Women seek for independence not for the sake of fair treatment but simply because she wants to be successful and that she wants to be accepted that she can always help her husband, family and society as well. Women can lead not to prove something in her, but she can lead because she has a heart willing to share, and willing to be a good entrepreneur and willing to love whole heatedly.

For now, women can have her identity, to lead, help, excel and be a woman class. She always know that she need a hand, a gentle hand from a man, to be accepted, to be loved and a woman to be proud of. In the end we would like to conclude with the following words, "Women as the motherhood of the nation should be strong, aware and alert".