Micro Enterprise Development In Rural Women Entrepreneurship With Special Reference To Southern Districts Of Tamilnadu

Abstract

Women entrepreneurs’ play a significant role in building the social economies and a major percentage of micro-enterprises in developing countries are managed by women. Rural women contribute significantly to their family businesses which is not been acknowledged. They   always have had the primary responsibility for agricultural production, domestic duties and childcare in the rural areas. In developing rural like India where economic status of women is very pathetic, especially in rural, where earning opportunities are also very less, the evolving Micro enterprises have paved the way for the economic independence of rural women. Despite this, educated Indian rural women have to go a long way to attain equal rights in a male dominated society. This paper reviews precisely the literature in the field and addresses in particular the opportunities and challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in rural areas. It has also briefly examined the impact on women empowerment through micro entrepreneurship development.