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@RahulSinha112 @UNCDFdigital In years of field work have personally spoken to several women borrowers only to find out that their husbands utilised the loans.

A3. A study by @GrameenInd in 2017 with microfinance clients from 23 MFIs,indicated that only 5% of the women clients decided on the usage of loan amount themselves, 64% made joint decision with a male member and rem 31% didn’t participate in the it. (2/2) #FHchat

A3. Social and gender norms shape the financial decision making within the household, especially by women. More than often women lack the autonomy and control over their finances and rarely make independent financial decisions. (1/2) #FHchat

@OgbaUloma @UNCDFdigital @RahulSinha112 Absolutely.The time a woman can contribute towards economic activities is finite to begin with and not often out of her choice.

@RahulSinha112 The belief that women should take on the bulk of HH and childcare duties limits their flexibility often leaving them with less time to participate in economic activities. #FHchat

A2. Disproportionate burden of domestic chores, child & elderly care and mobility restrictions curtails women’s participation in economic activities. Our recent research at @GrameenInd indicates that women farmer’s primary decision-making power lies..1/2 #FHchat

Firstly listen to the women you are trying to create a service for. 2ndly involve women in decision making about them. #fhchat

Gender disaggregated data can be a 1 such first step. We often undermine the power of data in intervention design. #CFH is working in Odisha using a data driven approach and designing interventions along with the private sector that cater to the needs and ground realities of SHGs

A3. Field work insight: women are active partners in the economic activities undertaken in the HH esp in rural HH. Yet income generated usually goes in the hand of the man. Limiting woman’s agency,taking away her control and the freedom to decide how and where it should be used.

A2. Some of the ways social norms restrict economic opportunities are :- 1.Access- eg: Restrictions on opportunity to work 2.Agency- eg: using the income earned as per the woman’s choice 3.Inequality- eg: Pay gap, delayed Career growth

A2. Biases in structures, policies accompanied by sub-conscious biases lead inequality in both access and availability of economic opportunities. #fhchat

A1. 1/3 A recent @CGAP study in #Turkey revealed some of the social norms that limit women's full participation at home and at work. Check out the study here: bit.ly/3DnOWVV #FHchat

A1. Normative biases restrict the ability of women to achieve their own economic, social and educational empowerment. Sub-conscious biases and preconceived notions about a woman’s ability restrict the opportunities available to her at work. #fhchat

Catch us live on Twitter tomorrow #fhchat #financialhealth

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For more than a year, I & a group of concerned Canadians @masks4canada have been (virtually) screaming that #COVIDisAirborne. It's been a year full of pushback from govt agencies, threats sent to our group and to individuals. But we finally have validation from #WHO. #WearAMask

@singhsk5 The least people-men and women can do is to acknowledge that not only there have been systemic disparities for centuries but also sub-conscious biases.These biases cannot be conspicuously seen but lead to inequality in opportunities at every single step. #GenderEquality

Men should also support gender justice and gender equality as it means a better world. We men have proven our capability to screw things up. #GenderEquality #Gender 2/2

What men can do about gender equity? The least we can do is to support women who are talking about it and fighting for it. And, go read about the historical inequality and how we decide the rule of the game. #GenderEquality #Gender 1/2

Guess it’s not illegal to wolf around on wall street after all. #reddittraders #GameStop #HedgeFunds #StockMarket

Ending today with what should’ve been the highlight of the day. Happy Republic Day y’ll. 🇮🇳 #swatirathore #RepublicDay

Time to shatter damn every #glassceiling #womensupportingwomen “At 31, Wolfe Herd will become one of the youngest female CEOs in tech to take her company public.” cnn.com/2021/01/15/tec…