Role of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Tamil Nadu [WEAT] Promoting Women Entrepreneurship Manimekalai, N.
By: Manimekalai, N
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ArticlePublisher: 2009Subject(s): Tamilnadu | Weat | Women Entrepreneurs Association Of Tamil | Gender Issues | Gender | Women Entrepreneurship | Women Entrepreneurship And Gender Issues | Entrepreneurshiphip Research | Eighth Biennial Conference On Contempora | Biennial Conference Papers
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Eighth Biennial Conference on Contemporary Issues in Entrepr ResearchSummary: Entrepreneurship is a major factor which contributes for the industrial development and over all development of a nation. However, it has been the domain of men for a long. With the advent of change in the policies and programmes of the government since 1950s and later in 1990s and the commitment of India in the International Mandates to empower women including achieving Millennium Development Goals [MDG] which includes achieving gender equality. However there are certain areas in which women are not able to come as expected. Entrepreneurship and Management are those areas in which women from the business background and elite are able to come in certain percentage but it is very miniscule. Women in the middle and lower income group do engage in micro entrepreneurial activities but largely service industries, part time, self employed nature confining increasingly on feminine or female friendly trades such as tailoring, beauty clinics, ready made garments, fancty stores, etc. Very few are found in ITES including computer and browsing centres, Xerox Centres and STD Booths, travels etc.[Manimekalai. N. 2001]. In rural areas again women were found in agri based businesses but due to...
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Entrepreneurship is a major factor which contributes for the industrial development and over all development of a nation. However, it has been the domain of men for a long. With the advent of change in the policies and programmes of the government since 1950s and later in 1990s and the commitment of India in the International Mandates to empower women including achieving Millennium Development Goals [MDG] which includes achieving gender equality. However there are certain areas in which women are not able to come as expected. Entrepreneurship and Management are those areas in which women from the business background and elite are able to come in certain percentage but it is very miniscule. Women in the middle and lower income group do engage in micro entrepreneurial activities but largely service industries, part time, self employed nature confining increasingly on feminine or female friendly trades such as tailoring, beauty clinics, ready made garments, fancty stores, etc. Very few are found in ITES including computer and browsing centres, Xerox Centres and STD Booths, travels etc.[Manimekalai. N. 2001]. In rural areas again women were found in agri based businesses but due to...
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