Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2015

GENDER DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS

Annapurna Dixit, Alok Kumar Pandey

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In the present paper an attempt has been made to analyse the gender discrimination with women entrepreneurs in informal sector. The study has been conducted in Uttar Pradesh. Data has been collected from 935 women entrepreneurs in the informal sector on the basis of well developed questionnaire. Summary: Majority of the women entrepreneurs (57.5%) working in informal sector are literate. 31.4 percent reported that they face physical violence inside the house, 30.9 percent faced before marriage, 27.8 percent faced violence outside the house and 9.9 percent faced physical violence after marriage. As far as discrimination is concerned, majority of the women entrepreneurs (70.1 %) reported that they do not face discrimination for being a woman.

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Annapurna Dixit, Alok Kumar Pandey Gender Discrimination and Violence Against Women Entrepreneurs International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 10 October 2015

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