Women entrepreneur and problems- a micro level assessment

Abstract

Women as entrepreneur are seen in various sector of enterprise like agriculture, textile, food packaging, food processing, crafting, livestock rearing etc. But woman as entrepreneur face many challenges in terms of balancing between family and career, socio-cultural barriers, dearth of financial assistance, lack of technical knowledge, marketing and entrepreneurial skills, lack of self – confidence and many more. Present study was carried out in Dhemaji district of Assam by adopting snowball samplings techniques to understand challenges of women entrepreneurs. Out of total 80 entrepreneurs 36 entrepreneur run their enterprises with official registration either in DIC, Gaon panchayt or office of the block level and 44 entrepreneurs who doesn't registered their enterprise. Study revealed that at the time of initial establishment major challenge faced both the categories of entrepreneurs was financial problem. Study also revealed that there is a significant difference between challenges faced by the registered and non-registered entrepreneurs in running their enterprises in the study area.