Abstract:
This study was aimed to assess the challenges that hinder the performance of women engaged in service
enterprises. It also aimed to find out the main opportunities that women entrepreneurs might access to attain
their goal. Accordingly, it identified lack of working place, shortage of working capital, shortage of training,
lack of credit facility, burden of double responsibility and absence of husband support, and poor education
back ground were major challenges that constrained the performance of women entrepreneurs. The various
institutions providing support to women together with the current constitution were considered as
opportunities for women entrepreneurs in the study area. The study utilized descriptive statistics to analyze
the data. Various points to tackle the challenges and to utilize the different opportunities available to improve
their performance were recommended.
