Women Empowerment Through Entrepreneurship

These women, although they lived in a third world country, have the skill and gumption to go into business for themselves, and “be their own boss”. In the United States, more women have the ability

Data from the National Survey of America's Families found that seven percent of the TANF leavers it sampled in 1997 were self-employed. This is similar to the national rate of self-employment, which was 8.1 percent in 1997. It is also higher than the self-employment rate among women, which was 6.6 percent in 1997. In rural areas, self-employment is an even more important source of employment—in 2002, 10.4 percent of workers in nonmetropolitan counties were self-employed, compared to 7.2 percent nationwide. And, in some rural areas, the role of self-employment is even more pronounced. For example, a recent study by the Center for Rural Affairs found that nonfarm proprietors constituted 22 percent of employment in rural farm counties throughout the Great Plains states”( 1).

The days of mom staying at home full-time are long gone for most families. More women are their family’s breadwinners than ever before. Heather Boushey in The New Breadwinners, states “Women are more likely to work outside the home and their earning are more important to their families well-being than ever before in our nation’s history” (31). In families today there’s no one staying at home in the day, so there no one there when kids come home from school with everyday life.

More women in the United States chose to join the workforce instead of the homemaker role they once played. Many women have chosen to work outside the home in order to gain financial security. According to Chu and Posner

The earning gap between men and women is slowly closing in part because of women 's educational attainment. “Organizations run by women perform better, and not just a little bit,” she says. “The same thing goes for companies that have diverse leadership.” (Carter, 2013). The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that most of the 30 fastest-growing occupations through 2020 are in female-dominated fields, such as health care, child care and education and as the baby boom generation ages, the need for home-health and personal-care aides is expected to grow by 70 percent by 2020, creating an estimated 1.3 million additional jobs for women. In conclusion, the article ends on a positive note. In spite of all the challenges that women face in the workforce, that ultimately they will not only continue persevere in their fight for equality, but excel in the coming decades.

3. The incentive for women to be self-employed rises from the fact that the opportunity cost of owning your own store is less than working for someone else. Consider this example: A woman can earn either $15/hour if self-employed or $10/hours as an employee. Her opportunity cost when working for herself is $5 less than if she would be employed. So logically, she chooses to be self-employed despite the fact that she knows she is earning less than a male self-employed. This is her second best choice. Why women earn less then self-employed men can derive from the fact that men choose to do business with other men, avoiding females. Men tend to protect their networks.

The free books, distributed through boutiques, doctors’ offices, antique shops, art galleries, and realtors, are updated every year. Each city’s guide is different, of course, but a typical example would include special restaurants, clothing boutiques, kitchen renovators, interior designers, realtors, artists, salons, home builders, wealth managers, doctors, garden designers, photographers, caterers, and maybe a private school or preschool. So many small businesses are owned by women—the latest figures show that women own 30 percent of all enterprises, a number that is increasing at a rate 1 ½ times the national average—that it is no surprise to find many of the businesses featured are female-owned.

Most women who own businesses work in the informal sector, which are buisnesses that are very small and do not pay taxes. The reason they entered this buisness is because of alike reasons. Hungry children, unpaid rent, violent or uncooperative partners are just some of the reasons, as explained in the text. Some buisness owners have even enrolled their children in boarding school to work more! Sending your children to a boarding school to focus on your buisness takes major grit and

Women especially being entrepreneurs is interesting because they suffer the most from Corporate America’s discriminative policies. Some may say that there is no wage gap and that inequality in business isn't a problem anymore, however even though there has been considerable progress in the rights of employees, wages, and policies there is still great improvement to be made for majorities and minorities both. Women entrepreneurs alone since 2007 have created 340,000 jobs in America’s economy. That amount of growth provides stability for an economy and allows diversified business. Increasing the number of businesses in America also increases the amount of business competitive meaning that the more businesses there are the more likely they are to compete with each other thus sparking lower prices, fair employment policies and benefits, and more drive in business big and small. people should educate themselves on business management and develop themselves as entrepreneurs to benefit not only them but their society and economy as a

As executives or business owners, women tend to run their businesses differently than men. Almost every sixty seconds a women is starting her own business. As of today there are over nine million women that own their own business nationwide. Women own half of the businesses in the United States of America out of those 9 million women my mother; Lakesha Miller has owned multiple businesses. I interviewed my mother on November 19, 2016 at Olive Garden in Huntsville, Alabama. She is currently the chief executive officer of Tritel Customer Services and Answering Source. She is one of the outstanding women who have started, built, inherited, partnered, or have entered business ownership.

Women have experienced a historic situation of inequality in the social as well as professional aspects. Women were normally the ones that would take care of children, do the chores in the house, and in rural areas; they would work in the field with the rest of the family. However, today’s women have become more self-sufficient and independent from the predominant male figure within every historical family. Gender inequality in the workplace is becoming less common; yet, gender is a factor that affects men and women. Especially women have been subjected to a historical discrimination that has influenced society to decide which job is more suitable for women than men. However women have confronted and tried to break down the barriers that

Do you ever wonder how women's roles have changed in recent times? Originally women were in the household to take care of family matters such as cooking, cleaning, and children. Now in more modern times women's roles have expanded to working outside the home to take control of their families, and to work and take care of the children. Along with the increase of women in the work place the business of working at home and entreprenuership has become a valuable resource for women.

In this paper the history of women in the workforce will be outlined, as well as the challenges they face. The changing attitudes towards women taking over family businesses will be looked at briefly, how women lead in comparison to how men lead, and a comparison of their leadership style will also be discussed.

Emerald Article: How women entrepreneurs lead and why they manage that way Dorothy Perrin Moore, Jamie L. Moore, Jamie W. Moore

The most successful women entrepreneurs are those who "dream big"-they see themselves succeeding financially, managing large staffs and running businesses that have