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The EASE Design Challenge 2025
The EASE Design Challenge, hosted by WomanACT and by our Community Partners at the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at the Rotman School of Management was a dynamic two-day event is part of our Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment (EASE) project funded by Women & Gender Equity Canada (WAGE). The initiative focuses on generating innovative, survivor-centred solutions aimed at financial institutions to address tech-facilitated economic abuse.
The EASE Design Challenge brought together students, and professionals in the fields of finance, user experience, and technology to co-create innovative solutions that address tech-facilitated economic abuse. Grounded in research led by WomanACT and mentorship from systems experts, this challenge will ask participants to develop survivor-centred prototypes and business cases to enhance safety, financial independence, and privacy for survivors engaging with banking systems.
Learn more about the EASE – Economic Abuse Support & Empowerment Project
Economic abuse affects many women and gender-diverse individuals in Canada, with rates as high as 1 in 3 women experiencing it from intimate partners.
This project has been funded through Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Women’s Program
