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variety of obstacles, such as inadequate capital credit or credit
programmes offered by financial institutions. Financial limitations are
more likely to affect a woman business owner at every stage of her
venture, from its inception to its expansion. The performance of the
company is probably going to be affected by these financial limitations.
One of the key elements affecting how well women entrepreneurs do

is financial capital (Chowdhury, T.Y., Yeasmin, and Ahmed, 2018).

Business environment
It gauges women's attitudes towards and knowledge of general rules
and regulations, business incubators, and gender-specific programmes
developed by domestic and international organisations. It also
identifies external elements that have an impact on and influence a
business undertaking's daily operations. Extreme obstacles might arise
in business environments. Financial structure and other national
factors (Al Mamun, A. et al., 2016).

It has been determined that the main issues facing women
entrepreneurs are gender discrimination, a lack of support from
governmental organisations, and restricted access to money. The zakat
institution must develop initiatives to assist women business owners in
successfully managing their enterprises in order to address these
problems. In addition, environmental challenges including resource
depletion and a lack of suitable infrastructure make the economic
environment in emerging economies particularly difficult for women
entrepreneurs (Mamun, A.A., 2016). It may be crucial for women
entrepreneurs and their businesses to create gender-specific
entrepreneurship opportunities and programmes.

Training and development
This antecedent is influenced by skill-enhancement programmes on
management and social media usage, as well as the ability to bounce

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