Challenges and Barriers for Female Entrepreneurs in India

Abstract

In traditional sense, entrepreneurship was considered to be the male dominated activity, but in the modern days, women have also come forward in the field of entrepreneurship. The women have surpassed the traditional identity of mother and housewife. This role of a women has undergone a drastic change. In India, Women entrepreneurs have to face more challenges as compared to men entrepreneurs. The paper describes factors that motivate women to become entrepreneurs, discusses the statistics to check the present scenario, tries to identify the challenges and barriers, suggests some remedies to solve the problem of slow growth of female entrepreneurship in India.