Are women getting the right environment to do business?
The number of women's businesses has increased in the last few years, but does this increase indicate stability and security? Economic Census data tells a different story. Compared to the fifth census, the number of businesses running without a permanent place has increased significantly in the sixth census. While 13.2% businesses were running without a permanent place in the fifth census, it increased to 38.5% in the sixth census. This means that most women are still doing businesses that are not in a permanent place. Such as selling goods on a cart or providing services door to door. There is a lot of uncertainty in such businesses and the profit is also low.
While 77.10% women worked alone in the fifth census, it has increased to 83.20% in the sixth census. This means that the size of women's businesses is very small and they are able to employ very few people. It is clear from these figures that women face many challenges in doing business.
Women have less ownership rights in business
When we compare the businesses of women and men, one thing is clear that women have less ownership rights over their business, whether it is related to agriculture or any other field. women have even less ownership rights in farming related businesses in villages. While 21.15% of farming businesses were in the name of women in the fifth census, it has come down to 20.73% in the sixth census.
On the contrary, the ownership rights of men have increased. From 78.85% in the fifth census, 78.95% of farming businesses have been in the name of men in the sixth census. The situation is the same in cities as well. According to the sixth census, 69.4% of farming businesses in cities are owned by men, while only 30.31% are owned by women.
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