Open AccessChallenges Faced by Women Entrepreneurs in Pakistan: A Qualitative Study
Author(s) -
Ahmad Nawaz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
management and organizational studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-5509
pISSN - 2330-5495
DOI - 10.5430/mos.v5n2p13
Subject(s) - women entrepreneurs , qualitative research , economic growth , population , political science , sociology , gender studies , socioeconomics , social science , entrepreneurship , economics , demography , law
Although there are big numbers of women entrepreneurs in Pakistan, and their percentage in the population is almosthalf 49.6%. They can play an important role in the economy. In Pakistan, most of the studies were on opportunitiesfor the women in Pakistan. In this study, we tried to explore research questions: what sort of difficulties areexperienced by females “entrepreneurs” in Pakistan? How ‘societal and cultural aspects effect “women entrepreneurs”in Pakistan? For this purpose, I opted the qualitative research strategy. There were some emerging themes. In the end,I concluded this study, discussed some limitations, and suggested future directions.