women entrepreneurs

“I come from a village where people believed that women are only supposed to stay indoors and take care of the household. While I enjoyed my work as a homemaker, I never agreed to the limitation of that idea. I wanted to do something more, something on my own and after a lot of struggle, I did it.”

Amidst discouraging statements like ‘women cannot plough the land’ and ‘you won’t get a fair price’ -- Yasmin Arimbra from Kerala formed her own rice brand like a boss and went on to empower many others on the way.

Nilza Wangmo took a loan to open Alchi Kitchen. Three years later, she is successfully running 3 popular branches across Ladakh! #Inspiration #WomenEntrepreneurs

We might think that the box, filled with festive goodies, to be either gifted to others or ourselves, is all we were getting. But, what if I tell you that with every order you placed with Amazon, you brought a smile to someone’s face?

Quitting her job to start this initiative, Rekha has helped many people in Kozhikode adopt aquaponics in their own homes, something which once seemed impossible in the drought-prone area. #WomenEntrepreneurs

Once plagued by alcoholism and unemployment, 5000 tribal women across 55 villages in #Gujarat now have their own businesses—all thanks to one compassionate woman determined to make a difference! #Respect #RealLifeHeroine

While conditioning, patriarchy and lack of social support from their own families may be a few reasons for several women, for the majority, lack of financial capital can be a major roadblock on their entrepreneurial journey.

The Better India got in touch with co-founder Rachna Rao, to document the journey of this unique startup.

“We were shocked to realise that even well-educated visually-challenged adults would not have a clear idea of maps - we wanted to go a step higher than that."

Breaking into a male bastion, Hemalatha believes and exemplifies that dreams and ideas indeed don't have genders. #WomenPower #GreenIndia #ElectricMobility