women influenced by traditional and internal factors

women influenced by traditional and internal factors 

Cultural values can also hold women back. A UNIDO-led study on barriers to women’s entrepreneurship found that women were influenced more by traditional and internal factors than by legal or regulatory barriers when starting their business.Similarly, there are many countries where entrepreneurship is seen as an in appropriate career choice for women. In societies with rigid views of traditionally male and female roles,frequently reinforced by cultural and religious beliefs, women’s opportunities for engaging in paid work or starting up enterprises are often limited. At the same time, perceptions of family responsibility pose a challenge, with patriarchal attitudes restricting women’s responsibilities to domestic and family work, and thus preventing them from acting independently.