Women Entrepreneurs at the Centre of Uttar Pradesh's Technology-led Livelihood Transformation
Dec 19, 2025
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 19: Married at a young age in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, Suman Gautam spent years struggling with poverty and limited opportunities. Through a women's self-help group, she started small trading ventures but recognised mobility as her biggest constraint. Learning to drive an e-rickshaw became her breakthrough - defying social norms to expand her reach and earning a decent livelihood while building a sanitary pad distribution network across 30 villages. Suman now is a serial entrepreneur determined to empower more women, exemplifying how technology has enabled women to dismantle barriers and create opportunity-driven enterprises.
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