Bangladesh is no exception in its attempt to exploit the potential of e-commerce. With the increasing trend of e-commerce, the government has started focusing on the inclusiveness of women entrepreneurs. The need for providing technical, financial, and training assistance to women entrepreneurs and the requirement to identify and resolve legal barriers hindering the development of women entrepreneurs has thus become a primary objective of government and non-government development institutions.
As women are more likely to be engaged in informal business activities than their male counterparts, e-commerce platform offers them prospects of achieving substantial gains towards empowerment. Therefore, an e-commerce platform is likely to boost business opportunities, especially for women entrepreneurs.