Applied Research in Consulting

Entrepreneurship strategy and empowerment of women for national development

Document Type : Original Article

Author

shahrzad kahkesh

Senior expert in educational management and education expert at Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz

Abstract
Entrepreneurship and women's empowerment are technically related, the purpose of this article is to examine the strategy of entrepreneurship and women's empowerment for national development. Women in developed countries play an important role in national and economic development. With this in mind, the purpose of the article is why women are not empowered enough. How to empower them in the country. This study is qualitative in nature. The results of this study showed that women are definitely dominated in entrepreneurship because most business enterprises are controlled by men. In explaining this study, empowerment theory was used, this theory was proposed by Sara Langue in 1990. Basically, this theory is based on the empowerment of women and gender equality. The aim of this theory is to critically reach the level of empowerment and development of women. The premise of this theory is to guarantee equal opportunities for men and women to achieve gender equality. This theory helps to reduce gender differences and maintain equal access to education and economy. This study showed that cultural stereotypes, unequal access to education and insufficient capital have affected women's entrepreneurship and empowerment. Considering this issue, this study recommends that the government should empower women through free education and skill acquisition programs. The government and financial institutions should give free loans to women to empower them to start businesses.

Keywords

Entrepreneurship
empowerment
women
national development
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