Abstract
The chambers of commerce and business associations in Pakistan are mainly represented by men and the representation of women entrepreneurs needs to gain momentum to form separate chambers in order to create a platform or to make pressure groups to resolve issues arising regarding business. The aim of conducting this research was to explore the role of trade associations while providing assistance to businesswomen and to highlight the status of women entrepreneurs in the country. It has also observed the factors of dependency of women doing business and socio-economic impediments which confine them from working groups in order to work for their own economic interest. Five large business associations including national chambers of commerce were chosen as the population, and the data was collected from 200 businesswomen systematically through a detailed questionnaire. It was found in the survey that while starting a venture domestic responsibilities, commitment to the families, obstacles including management skills, mobility issues, and monetary assistance have impacted the success of the businesswomen. It was also observed that business associations have the data of women entrepreneurs and have pressure groups to make the representation of women a must condition in their meetings and roundtables but even after all these efforts they still lack in equipping women and bringing women into the mainstream of development.