Transforming Responses for the Economic Safety and Security of Survivors of Economic Abuse
Transforming Responses for the Economic Safety and Security of Survivors of Economic Abuse
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Why do we need to address Economic Abuse?
Economic Abuse is experienced by more than 96% of women who experience intimate partner violence
Systemic barriers, including the lack of coordinated services, as well as racism and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, create substantial obstacles for victims in accessing economic resources during pre and post-separation. These systemic challenges can inadvertently facilitate circumstances that compel victims to return to their abuser.
There lack of coordinated and trauma-informed community responses, as well as comprehensive policies and economic empowerment programs to support victims of Economic Abuse and ensure their economic well-being. The lack of coordination extends across multiple sectors, including justice, healthcare, child protection, financial institutions, immigration, and education.
Economic Abuse, a pervasive yet frequently underestimated manifestation of domestic violence, disproportionately affects immigrants, and refugees, as well as Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Nearly all survivors of gender-based violence experience Economic Abuse, with rates ranging from 94% to 99%.
Our Priorities
Everyone Has a
Part to Play
Honourable Marci Ien, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Youth Call to action on Economic Abuse Awareness Day
Pledge to fight Economic Abuse and become an advocate to remove the structural barriers that affect survivors’ Economic Security and Economic Justice!
About CCFWE
We are the leading Canadian organization dedicated to combating Economic Abuse and coerced debt through initiatives in education, financial empowerment, research, capacity building, and advocating for policy system change. We are at the forefront of combatting the systemic barriers faced by survivors of Economic Abuse, Coerced Debt, and Injustice.
Quick Links
- Joint open letter for Canadian banks to prevent Abusive E- transfer
- Financial Future Summit Report
- The State Economic Abuse Report in Canada
- Read our Tools and Resources
- What is Economic Abuse
- Economic Abuse Research and Evidence
- Economic Abuse Policy Recommendations
- National Economic Abuse Awareness Month (Help Us Rise)
- Economic Abuse Awareness Day
- Explore our Global Initiative to Combat Economic Abuse
Discover how your province or territory is responding to Economic Abuse. Learn about our National Scorecard.
Are you a service provider? Download our Economic Abuse Screening Tool to Identify and Respond to Economic Abuse.
Do You Need Help?
If you are in immediate danger, call 911
We educate Black, Indigenous, People of Color, refugee, new comers, immigrants women to take charge of their financial independence so they can live life safely and thrive. Join our Domestic Economic Abuse Financial Literacy Program. “My Money, My Freedom” a six-week financial literacy training that is thoughtfully crafted with “Trauma of Money” and violence-informed approach, specifically tailored to for victims of Economic Abuse before and after separation.
If you or someone you know is experiencing Economic Abuse, there are resources available.
News
- Advocates hopeful but wary of banks’ pledge to stop abusive e-transfers
- Press release on Financial Futures Summit
- Women’s economic empowerment is crucial to Canada’s strategies against gender-based violence
- With women earning less and facing toxic workplace cultures, the path to escaping abuse becomes even harder
- Cost of living, housing crisis compounds issues of economic abuse: organization
- A lack of economic awareness or control over one’s finances can have long-term impacts
- The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women Study in Women’s Economic Empowerment
- As possible recession looms, advocate warn domestic violence could increase
Read Past News
Niha Shahzad, our Senior Strategic Initiative Director, speaks to Rogers TV about the Economic Abuse Awareness Month 2022 and the Domestic Economic Abuse and Injustice Summit.
Impact in Numbers
98+
Free workshops provided to service providers in shelters, settlement workers, and victims on Economic Abuse and Financial Management Safety across Canada
320+
Individuals and organizations signed CCFWE’s pledge to take action against Economic and Financial Abuse
101000+
People reached by our various programs and resources
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