Plight Of A Business Woman
November 26th, 2009 by William John
Women-owned businesses comprise between one-quarter and one-third of businesses in the formal economy and are likely to play a greater role in the informal sectors. They today account for nearly half the work force, own nearly 40 percent of all us. But Women in the career track in the workplace are often subtly prevented from advancing at the same rate or to the same extent as their male counterparts.
Women’s participation in business is analogous to that of the uneducated at lower rungs of an organization. Their profiles are gender segregated and they are often relegated to back end, stagnating careers that can destroy potential. Many debates are being held all over the world to bring about change based on equality. The call for change is backed at all levels including policy making and some efforts in that direction have shown fruit.
Women are undoubtedly the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in the world and very important to its economy. They are starting businesses at a faster rate than men. Their familial roles as primary caretakers for most of the world’s children and elderly are not hampering them. But women don’t just want to clean up the mess that men make. The recent global economic crisis is being attributed to male bankers. Due to this crisis many Women owned businesses which are small had to bear the brunt.
Many resources like education are not accessible to women in a good number of countries. The efforts to bring change have only benefited a few and a lot more has to be done to make the society all inclusive.
Countries which have not fared well cite the greater good of communities and hence they say a gender specific approach cannot be taken up. This has lead to women in these countries remaining backward.
Women bring a vision that is to be acknowledged and valued and hence it is time to place women’s empowerment in business back into the framework of gender equality, where it has always belonged.
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