kochi hermoneytalks a digital financial platform which is part of nasscom 10000 startups virtual incubation program in kochi has launched finlit mission 2021 with a goal of reaching out to one lakh women and helping them achieve financial literacythe startup is also organising femfest 2021 a virtual summit of women business leaders to inspire and help women take active interest in personal finance and make informed investment from january 11 to january 17the weeklong event has bse india and ciiiwn as partners and will bring together more than 15 women business leaders and speakers from the banking financial services and the insurance industry apart from the field of personal financegirl students are performing really well but the moment they enter the industry their involvement and financial savviness go down when men continue to make money said nisary m cofounder hermoney talksnisary said many women even from higher socioeconomic status are reluctant to take care of their personal finances they always outsource it to somebody and end up making wrong choices said nisary highlighting the need for greater financial literacy and taking charge of ones finances many are also in the dark about the bank accounts or loan liabilities of their husbands and would know about them only when legal issues crop up she said the gender gap in economic participation in india is 66 percent according to 2018 the world economic forum reportaccording to nisary finlit mission was born out of a need to tell women to start taking charge of their finances from the ground up as part of finlit mission 2021 a total of 300 webinars in both english and local languages would be organised in cities and towns across india