From Constraints to Motivation: An Empirical Study of Gender-Based Barriers Enhancing Entrepreneurial Resilience among Women

Motivation, Gender-Based, Entrepreneurial, Women, Barriers, Constraints

With the advent of globalization, growth of technology, increased knowledge, exposure and transformative outlook on aspects of gender, there have been a great change in matters of roles and responsibilities of women. Nowadays, several women-owned businesses across the globe motivate and empower fellow women around to rise to make major decisions of growth and success. The role of women in entrepreneurship not only helps resolve the implications of economic aspects in a better way but also facilitates in ensuring gender equality and propagate better values of inclusivity. By developing more women-owned ventures, it not only aid to the growth of a country’s economy, but evidently embarks in transforming several of these traditional ideas that repress women from being social individuals. The growing participation of women in entrepreneurial activities has significantly helped in addressing and bringing resolution to several of the above-mentioned issues such as gender gap and poverty. The rise in number of women-owned ventures across the globe has successfully helped in disrupting the male-dominated structure of entrepreneurship, eventually providing to the progress of society in general. 237 women entrepreneurs from different entrepreneurial sector were surveyed to explore the factors that determines Gender-Based Barriers that enhancing Entrepreneurial Resilience among Women. The study concludes that there is significant impact of Gender-Based Barriers on Entrepreneurial Resilience among Women.