Topic: Role of women and women’s organization
2. Gender discrimination against women also exits at entrepreneurial level which defeats the purpose of empowerment. Examine. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
Women of today have proven themselves in all fields, including those heavily dominated by men. However, even in today’s day and age, women rarely achieve victory without facing numerous challenges of gender-based and other related social biases. Some of the obstacles that women commonly encounter, especially in a male-dominated field of human endeavour, are as follows:
Key Demand of the question:
To examine how empowerment of women is being hindered by various social biases.
Directive word:
Examine – When asked to ‘Examine’, we must investigate the topic (content words) in detail, inspect it, investigate it and establish the key facts and issues related to the topic in question. While doing so we should explain why these facts and issues are important and their implications.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving context of gender discrimination faced by women.
Body:
First, examine the various types of gender discrimination which exists at entrepreneurial level – Societal biases on capabilities, biases on cerebral capacities of women, Familial constraints, restrained access to funds, Lack of networks and mentors etc.
Suggest ways to overcome the above
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
