Being a woman of strong will and the one who likes to challenge her own limits, I have always been inclined towards advocacy for women’s economic empowerment and inclusive growth opportunities for women. People usually come up to me and ask what can be done to accelerate the process of empowering women in our society. Being a social entrepreneur myself and having worked on the subject extensively through both advocacy and action, I have always come to the same solution every time: social entrepreneurship is the embodiment of what an empowered woman looks like.

In simple terms, social enterprises are enterprises that have a social purpose, but are run on business principles, and reinvest any surplus into the social purpose of the entity. Social entrepreneurs are true leaders in the sense that they carry their environment fearlessly and instead of being imposed with conditions, they create conditions for themselves. They run the show and in broader terms, they impact social change.

While there are many primary drivers for a social entrepreneur, the overwhelming aim of almost all social entrepreneurs is to produce social and environmental value that diffuses through the realms of a society. Pakistan and especially women can immensely benefit from the development of the social enterprise sector considering that women have lack of alternative options on the plate.

Read the full article about social entrepreneurship from Breaking News Pakistan