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To live with her in—laws, in which case is much more of a dependent on her in—laws and older brothers—in—law and so on. but in cases where she's able to establish an independent household by herself, we see a real change in her ability to make decisions. her likelihood of taking care of some of the financial responsibilities, even sort of taking, managing and running the farm. that turned out to be the opportunity usha needed. with her husband living and working in another city, she moved out of her in—laws; home and found work with an ngo going house to house, collecting data on wom...

One is that the wife continues to live with her in—laws, in which case is much more of a dependent on her in—laws and older brothers—in—law and so on. but in cases where she's able to establish an independent household by herself, we see a real change in her ability to make decisions. her likelihood of taking care of some of the financial responsibilities, even sort of taking, managing and running the farm. that turned out to be the opportunity usha needed. with her husband living and working in another city, she moved out of her in—laws home and found work with an ngo going house to...

Often visiting the bank and making financial decisions. work that had always been done by men. it's given them a voice, a name, literally. now we all know each woman by her name. 0ur meetings are regular and with the help of the more literate members, i have learned to write my name and can manage financial transactions too. now, when we step out of the house, it feels good to know each other. we can be around in their crisis and know that they will be there for us. for usha's eldest daughter, rashmi, her mother is her hero. i saw my mother change and i thought i can also become like her.

This is even more significant because her husband is illiterate. interestingly, what we have also started seeing is that the proportion of women who are more educated than their husbands has been really rising. people who got married in 1980s, only about 5% of the women had more education than their husbands. people who got married in 2000s to 2010s, more than 20% of the women have more education than their husbands. and if we think of headship, not simply who is the biggest earner, but also someone who is capable of making decisions, i suspect there are also sort of increasing power maybe mov...

You know, all the cards that are given, ration cards and your property records, everything like any government institution also that recognizes you sees the family unit as headed bya man. there are so many unsaid rules that women have to follow here, like cover their head when in the presence of men outside the home, cook the food, but serve the men and children first and then do with whatever is left. girls can't be outside the home till late while men can roam around free, and if women would interact with men outside of theirfamily, they could be labelled loose. so in all of this, if women a...