Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship: A Case Study of Kamrup District in Assam
Journal Title: International Journal of Research in Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
The present study is a humble attempt to know how women entrepreneurs take major household decisions in association with their husbands and parents. Besides, the study explores whether entrepreneurship along with other factors had any impact on women in empowering them. The study reveals that entrepreneurship has been instrumental in enhancing not only their economic status in the society but also their decision making power. Women are becoming more personally and economically empowered and participating freely in the society due to entrepreneurship.
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Alaka Hujuri
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