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🇮🇳Tide’s Bharat Women Aspiration Index (BWAI) report underscores the importance of robust family support in propelling women entrepreneurs towards success. 1️⃣ About 78% of women entrepreneurs benefited from family backing during their entrepreneurial journey 2️⃣ Close to 76% women entrepreneurs attribute their success to the steadfast support of their families ➡️ The above findings are based on the feedback of 1,200 women entrepreneurs (Tide members) from across tier-2 and beyond cities of India. 👉 Click here to access the BWAI report and explore the factors shaping women-led businesses in India - https://bit.ly/4b83rfZ #Tide #India #BharatWomenAspirationIndex #BWAI #womeninbusiness #womenentrepreneurs #womenempowerment

Everytime someone asks me to judge a panel of entrepreneurs, I try my best to impart the little knowledge I've learnt over 9 years. But this time, I found that I learnt so much more from these women entrepreneurs than I managed to impart: 1. You can be running any business at all (there was a vanilla farmer there). As long as you have passion in it, you can create something that is profitable and has great impact. 2. Not every business has to raise money. Raising money implies that certain strategic options are closed forever, so think very very carefully about whether you need capital and from whom. 3. Surround yourself not just with entrepreneurs, but people of a wide range of backgrounds. Hanging out with only entrepreneurs will reinforce any tunnel vision you have, but hanging out with people of a wide range of background will "bring you back to the mean" and stop you going on crazy tangents in life.

To reach women at the last mile more efforts are needed in hand-holding for awareness, access, and onboarding on platforms like Udyam Assisted Portal, GeM, and other schemes. Gender-segregated data and information on demand could definitely help in uptake of Government purchases by Women’s Groups through GeM. There is a need for investing in Bridge Institutions that can make women ‘Credit willing ‘ and ‘Credit Ready’ as pointed out by MSC in a study with SEWA Bharat.

Business Development Services (BDS) providers play an important role in supporting women-led micro-enterprises, and helping them grow. 🚀 Women-owned and -led enterprises operating in developing countries tend to stay confined to small businesses in the informal sector, and face structural and gendered barriers in accessing resources to grow their enterprises. We studied three priority areas where BDS can play a key role in leveling the playing field for women entrepreneurs: access to #finance, access to #markets, and digital inclusion. UN Women and Value For Women Ltd.’s multi-country study, published in 2023, presents the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs, and highlights solutions that BDS providers can offer in response. We also feature industry examples from organisations like INKOMOKO , We Can, The Asia Foundation, Sinapis, and others who are supporting women entrepreneurs through their programmes: https://lnkd.in/dP6eKeeN Helle Dahl Rasmussen Dr. Robin Bush Juliet Kasiita Alice Waweru Elizabeth Wells Angela Bageine Cherie Blair Foundation for Women TechnoServe Dr. Seema Bhatia - Panthaki Mara Bolis Trina Roy Luis Marquez Aparajita Agrawal Rebecca Fries #MSMEs #WorldMSMEDay #genderinclusion #genderlens #womenentrepreneurs #businessuccess #digitalinclusion

We are proud to have been the lead organisation for the regional study initiated by The Asia Foundation on Building Enabling Environments for Women in Trade in South Asia. We are glad to share the India Country Report, which assesses the business and policy environment in which women entrepreneurs operate and examines the impediments faced by women entrepreneurs in India’s trade growth. It also highlights the much lower participation of women in trade in the South Asian region and suggests how India can enhance the participation of women entrepreneurs in domestic and international markets, particularly in South Asia. The report can be accessed here: https://shorturl.at/kltV6 Nisha Taneja Sanjana Joshi Sanya Dua Shravani Prakash Pawani Dasgupta #womenintrade #gendermainstreaming #genderequality #southasia #regionaltrade

#ICYMI: Watch #AcademyOfWomenEntrepreneurs Faciliators unpack the outcomes of the 2024 #AWE program and its impact on over 100 #Botswana women entrepreneurs in the productive sectors. #AWE is an initiative of U.S. Department of State implemented by Market Players 🇧🇼🇺🇸 #AcademyforWomenEntrepreneurs #USExchangePrograms #AWEBotswana #MarketPlayers #Impact https://lnkd.in/d83KKUNW?

Powerful initiatives backed by purpose and commitment. Rajashri, you have relentlessly worked to achieve and over achieve goals set. Here is wishing you fair winds as you continue to explore and push new boundaries. #sustainability Deepa A Agarwal Anuradha Razdan

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Program Associate, Saipriya Salla, is on a mission to close the financial gap for women entrepreneurs in India—and she's accomplishing this with the power of #data. Check out our latest #5Minutes with Saipriya Salla today! 👇 https://lnkd.in/g27Wgemp #GenderData #DataDrivesImpact Ronda Železný-Green, PhD | TechChange

Our paper exploring the experiences of women WASH entrepreneurs in Eastern Indonesia using a combined lens of #intersectionality and the Gender At Work Framework has been published #openaccess in the Asian Journal of Women's Studies. The research shares insights for development practitioners to inform strategies that can better address the diverse barriers that existing societal structures create for women entrepreneurs. Thanks Mia Siscawati, Anggriani Soegito, Ratnasari, Nailah . and Juliet Willetts for the collaboration. UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures Water for Women https://lnkd.in/gc6sJ-jt

To enable women to smash the glass ceiling while embracing their entrepreneurial spirit, the Indian government has launched various schemes specially targeted at women. These initiatives are designed to provide financial support, resources, and opportunities, helping women entrepreneurs to thrive and succeed in their business ventures. Explore these schemes and take a step towards realizing your entrepreneurial dreams today. #womeninbusiness #entrepreneurlife #sheconomy #governmentgrants #womensupportingwomen #india #businessowner