Women Entrepreneurship Report: Challenges, Solutions, and Common Good

This report delves into the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in Kenya, framed within the context of Catholic Social Teachings, specifically the common good and human dignity. It critiques the shortcomings in realizing shared responsibility, highlighting issues such as limited resources, gender inequality, and restricted access to funding and training. The report proposes several solutions, including allocating funds for women's empowerment, creating awareness campaigns, organizing benchmarking seminars, establishing direct markets for women's products, promoting education, and providing continuous support. The report emphasizes the importance of these measures in achieving human dignity and fostering the common good, not only in Kenya but also globally, and it advocates for collaboration with other nations to achieve women empowerment goals. The paper also references the role of advocacy and community engagement in addressing these challenges.

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Where shared responsibility is not being realized.
Common good as one of the principles of Catholic Social Teachings embraces the benefit of
everyone in society (Convey, 2015: p.147). It means that every activity or institution in the
society should benefit everyone in that society. The assessment two talked about women
entrepreneurship in Kenya. There are several ways the country, Kenya, is failing women in
terms of indentureship. The assessment two shown the capability of women in transforming
the nation when they get assistance from the government. There are many ways the country
is failing to realize the spirit of common good in this matter. One of the ways is that the
country still considers women as inferior creatures as compared to men (Moswete, and
Lacey, 2015: p.612). They do not give women enough resources to ensure that they are
empowered the way men are empowered. Secondly, men still dominate many
entrepreneurships including the business sectors in the nation. Many customers feel that the
products women make are inferior, thus slowing the issue of women entrepreneurship in
Kenya and around the world (Habermas, 2018: p.60). Apart from that, there is another
serious issue of funds. For women to develop, they need money in promoting their business
and expanding the market. However, the money is limited. The process of acquiring loans is
often long. It will take a lot of time for women to get the funds and continue with their
entrepreneurship. However, such processes are against the common good of the society.
Many men are advanced in terms of skills as compared to women. The country organizes
many training sessions to assist men but leaves women outside the training sessions It means
that at the end of the day more men will advance in the entrepreneurship sector than women.
How to solve the challenge locally and globally.

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The principle of human dignity requires human beings to a certain level of respect integrity
while common good emphasizes on assisting everyone regardless of their gender or where
they come from in the nation. The issue of women empowerment is an essential matter
whether locally or globally (Tiwari,2018: p. 1240). There are many ways to address the case
which includes the following: -
a. Allocating funds for women empowerment
One of the challenges that assessment two elaborates is that women have inadequate funds to
focus on the entrepreneurship. The government can solve the issue through allocating funds
for women in every budget. However, the government can make use of the legislature to set
aside some money to empower women. When doing this, it shows that the community is
showing some sense of human dignity and they are responding to the problem to assist the
entire nation to develop (Gates, 2014: p.1275). Other ways of getting funds are through
loans. The government should make it easy for women to access the loan. They should
shorten the period reduce interest and make the requirements easy to attain.
b. Create awareness for women whether locally or globally.
Women empowerment is still lagging in many countries because many of the women are not
aware they are capable. The preconceived notion that they are inferior as compared to men
have clouded their minds (Etzioni, 2014: p.605). The best way to counter the instance is to
teach people and women whether locally or internationally. There should be seminars where
women are trained on the available opportunities and the possible sources of funds to support
their activities. The principle of human dignity illustrates that God created everyone in His
image and likeness. What it means to society and the world at large is that women are

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creatures from God and they deserve quality treatment. The country should inform people
that women make quality products and there is no fear in purchasing what a woman has
made.
c. Organizing benchmarking seminars for women
From the research, many countries in the world have empowered women more than in
Kenya. The women in those countries have realized their capabilities, and they have access to
loans easily. The opportunity the country has given them have made them realize they are
capable in the field of entrepreneurship (Deere and De Leal, 2014). For the common good of
countries like Kenya and other like-minded nations, they should give the women the
opportunity to see what their counterparts have done. The benchmarking process will make
them realize their capability and venture more in the entrepreneurship field.
d. Creating direct markets for the products women make.
Many women who are capable in the country have lost hope because they have nowhere to
sell their products. The effect of such circumstance is that other women also feel discouraged
to join entrepreneurship. Consequently, the best way to solve the issue whether locally or
internationally is to assist women to get to market on what they are producing. For instance,
the government can take the initiative to search for the market worldwide to avoid any cartels
that undermine what women do in the entrepreneurship field (Briones, 2017). When there is
an existing market, women will feel motivated, and many will join the entrepreneurs’ class.
From that perspective, the country will achieve human dignity from that respect, and many
women brought on board thus common good.
e. Education

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For every success entrepreneur education is a key fundamental. Many women are missing out
of the entrepreneurship sector because not educated. For several years the local community
and many countries in the world have not taken the issue of girl education serious. Basing on
the principle of human dignity and the common good, it is essential to take the girl child to
school. When one goes to school that is the ticket to empowerment. For instance, educated
girls will come back and empower their fellow (Klugman, Hanmer, Twigg, Hasan,
McCleary-Sills, and Santamaria, 2014). The community will be enjoying the principle of the
common good because now everyone can compete based on the knowledge they have in the
entrepreneurship sector.
f. Women need continuous support to ensure they are fully empowered. There are advises
such as how to plan their business to get the broader market, the management skills among
others (Roy,2015: p.240). Even though the country may have ventured in women
entrepreneurship sector, women still need continuous support such as the knowledge on the
current challenges and trends in society today. From that support, they can know how to
manage the problems and continue thriving. They should also partner with other financial
institutions to continue supporting what they are doing in the market.
Women entrepreneurship is not only a Kenyan challenge but also the world challenge. The
Catholic Social Thoughts gives out the principles of human dignity and the common good.
All nations should base their decision on these two principles. However, there exist many
ways of addressing the issue of women empowerment. They include education, loans,
continuous advice among other factors. Enya as a country should partner with other nations
to achieve its goal in women empowerment.

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