Blog 5

For a First Nations women, as with all women, getting recognition and respect as a working women in business took time.
From the last class, I remember barriers being discussed at the very beginning of class and the lesson I learned from this situation is to try to get to class five minutes early and to have a notebook and pen out from the very start, because, I can't recall nor did I write down, the seven barriers. The notes I did take from that part was-'90% of women Entrepreneurs worked for someone before becoming an Entrepreneur, and 1/3 of people who are self employed are women. I'm not sure why I missed it all. I also tried getting help from a few classmates with this, and didn't get it.
A First Nation's women of business that I know personally, has struggled with such barriers as
having to stay at home with her kids while her husband left for his job weeks sometimes months at a time, leaving her no time for much of anything else. Having kids understandably takes all of a woman's time for the most part, until they are old enough for school which even then, the schedule still revolves around the children/child, causing setbacks to her profession. I remember hearing something about women are more insecure than men, therefore it could become a problem say at the time of an interview, not being able to show confidence or passion for that position when it is needed. Another barrier would be the probability of sexual harassment, within a workplace being towards women. Having worked so hard in school and then obtaining the desired position and then having to deal with something like that, would create a barrier, a discomfort that would likely make it hard to keep that position . I know that doesn't directly have to do with a First Nation's women in business, but that's the best i could do for this right now.