Women-Led Social Ventures: Innovation for Inclusive Growth

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2025
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Abstract
Women-owned social business entities have become a force behind inclusive development especially in jurisdiction where the conventional model of development has failed to bring about a change in structural inequality. These enterprises are characterized by entrepreneurial innovative thinking, reinforced by a powerful social purpose to come up with sustainable solutions to issues around healthcare, education, livelihoods and environmental sustainability. This study examines how women entrepreneurs use their perspective, leadership qualities and community activities as instrumentalities to spur social innovation and empower communities. Based on the study of case studies, secondary literature and policy documents, the study explores the role that women-led social ventures play in economic inclusion, creation of employment and social change. The results indicate that women leaders mostly take collaborative ways, emphasise community inclusion and inject resources back to enhance social impact. Their businesses do not only address much-needed service gaps but also transform cultural identities of women as economically empowered and potentially strong leaders. In addition, the study finds that projects founded by women will be more prone to covering feminist issues, broadening the opportunities to the vulnerable group as well as creating inclusive environments with benefits that multiply beyond direct benefactors. Women entrepreneurs have continued to face numerous impediments despite the transformational power that they possess, which includes access to funds, gender discrimination, and poor institutional support. The paper believes that these measures need to be scaled and be able to sustain themselves through a targeted intervention, which can be gender-responsive funding mechanisms or mentorship networks and nurturing policy environments. Women-led social venture is an essential interlocator on innovation, equity, and growth. By overcoming social and economic gaps, they do not only serve inclusive development, but also result in the establishment of stronger communities. It is therefore important to support and scale these ventures to support some of the broader aims of sustainable and equitable growth in the 21st century.
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Authors Dr. Ritesh Mishra
Journal International Journal of Integrated Research and Practice
Year 2025
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10.25215/31075037.048
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https://ijirp.org/index.php/files/article/view/58
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