PLEDGE TO FIGHT ECONOMIC ABUSE

#HelpUsRise

I believe in women’s empowerment, economic justice and equality. I pledge to action against Economic Abuse and other forms of gender-based violence.

I will:

Learn about Economic Abuse at ccfwe.org
Help increase awareness of Economic Abuse by sharing on my social media – including using the #HelpUsRise hashtag, tagging @CCFWE and posting the “I Pledge to Fight Economic Abuse” image
Read and share the Economic Empowerment Checklist with anyone I think may be suffering from Economic Abuse
Sign the petition asking the government to include Economic Abuse in Canada’s National Action Plan.

WHY ?

Economic abuse is a deliberate pattern of control in which individuals interfere with their partner’s ability to acquire, use, and maintain economic resources. The lack of access to economic resources undermines a woman’s independence and agency, such as limiting her access to social support services, undermining mental well-being and exacerbating other risk factors contributing to poverty. Further, Canadian women who experience economic abuse are five times more likely to experience physical and other forms of gender-based violence.

By taking this pledge, I commit to becoming an advocate within my social circle and local community to advance gender equality by working to reduce and eliminate incidents of economic abuse affecting Canadian women.