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".
