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When Financial Literacy Training Threatens Household Power Dynamics

I trained the women in my microfinance group to keep financial records but their husbands got angry about the transparency and now some won't let their wives participate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Empowerment initiatives can trigger backlash that makes participants more vulnerable than before.

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“Where Are You with Microfinance — small loans and global poverty?”

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