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The participation of women in the economy is important in order to enhance and contribute towards raising the economic potential of a country. Traditionally women were just dependent on their family members for their expenses or savings. But now they are not only earning member of the family but also taking financial decisions on how, when and where to invest money without compromising their lifestyle? Women today are not just investing money in only traditional options like gold , land, bank and post office schemes , they are also investing in bonds mutual funds and insurance ,as they are becoming more aware of different and more better investment alternatives as shown by the different recent studies .As investment many professional options are also available with the women with which they can easily balance their home and professional life easily one such option is financial trading or stock trading with the need of time. In the present study, the diverse literature available worldwide on the stock market participation of women has been explored and analyzed in terms of their objectives, research methodology, sample, respondents and the impediments faced by women while investing in the stock market. The article demonstrates that there are several impediments that prevent women from investing in the stock market and suggests that besides financial literacy programmes, changes in attitude and behaviour of the society as well as women are needed in order to improve their participation in the stock market as traders.