The present century is an era of fast growing cities. While the big cities are the centres of brisk trade and voluminous business, they are also becoming the homes for the poorest. Urban poverty makes women the main victims of discrimination and alienation. Women not only encounter the harsh...

Women are increasingly becoming the victims of discrimination and deprivation despite the overall development of the society, economy and polity. That they are vulnerable and subject to humiliation and harassment even at homes – considered as safest place for all – is strange and painful....

Modern business is witnessing robust activity and innovations in two areas – entrepreneurship and human resource management (HRM) and the two are not necessarily separate. Entrepreneurship is being redefined. With qualitative changes in development indices in general and women development in...

The theme of the global Entrepreneurship Summit –‘Women First, Prosperity for All', highlighted that if women do better, countries do better. According to the Women's Financial Network, women start businesses at two times the rate of men. Traditional cultural perception perceived the roles...